War films can be good to watch
The action and the drama
Some make very good history
The Longest Day
And some are even funny
Remember Kelly’s Heroes?
And some are pure make believe
Where Eagles Dare
But war is futile brutal
And today is called ‘absurd’
For modern day technology
Makes real what once was only heard
Reports from correspondents
Told of things unseen
And lists of names of lately dead
Were printed to be seen
But now the ugly face of war
Stares us in the face
And what we do to others
Absurdity disgrace
We can see this very minute
What a bomb will do
I ask you, Putin, take a look
Have you really got a clue
We were the same but twenty years ago
Dropping bombs but far away you know
Well now it’s very near
So say it loud and clear
War is an absurdity
And there’ll be more I fear
Brian Fahy
1 May 2022
+ Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General, has called war an absurdity. It is a very good word to use. We live in a visual media age and we see everything around us. War makes no sense whatever, but warriors are not bothered about sense, but power.
Erris Poetry 