The idyllic landscape was obsessive to him <br />It was a chaotic bursting landscape <br />Churned up and destroyed by man <br />Natural catastrophy, and the catastrophy of war <br />Which has ridden over men and landscapes <br />Since time began, when man was born <br />Manifested in huge menacing birds, wailing fish <br />Tank battles on a landscape of dead men <br />The earth is burst apart, the heaven is in rags <br />On the horizen red tatters of blood <br />Hands reach from the earth, armed with knives <br />A floating body, appears dressed in a black flame <br />Men hack at each other in deadly combat <br />And out of this mayhem are born <br />The colours of blood death and cold <br /> <br />Art Series 2006<br /><br />allan James saywell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/landscape-of-death/
