Do you like my poem Dad?

Question

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Before Mohammad, city of Baghdad,
On the Tigris, kingdom of the Persians,
Before son Jesus, city of Baghdad,

Before your George Bush, city of Baghdad,
Flowing waters on a parched sand desert,
Before the Romans, city of Baghdad,

Before Sheik Omar, city of Baghdad,
In Islam’s Golden Age of Mathematics,
Before Buwayhids, city of Baghdad,

Before Timur the Lame, city of Baghdad,
Sacked again by the Turks and the Mongols
Before Ottoman, city of Baghdad,

Before the British, city of Baghdad,
War to end all wars, and then another,
Before bombs dropping, city of Baghdad,

Before death Saddam, city of Baghdad,
Stop the killing of women and children,
Before rebuilding, city of Baghdad,

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I've never shopped this one around. My Arab friends went nuts over it.

Answer 1

Oh my! The magnificence of this poem is stunning! Correct in your construction, correct in your repitition of the lines ending with Baghdad, correct in grounding it in history on many levels, and a knock-over last line ties the rest of this poem so well TOGETHER! Submit this for publication! Please! I meant your last two lines bring it all together!

Elysabeth Faslund...Poemhunter.com

Answer 2

Before death Saddam, city of Baghdad,
Stop the killing of women and children,

What happened really? What offense? What defense to offer!

Answer 3

I love this poem with it;s flow you have with your words ' an how they all were all inter wined with Baghdad and the horrors what have became to the city Baghdad. .Really good....