SMASH down the cities. Knock the walls to pieces. Break the factories and cathedrals, warehouses and homes Into loose piles of stone and lumber and black burnt wood: You are the soldiers and we command you. Build up the cities. Set up the walls again. Put together once more the factories and cathedrals, warehouses and homes Into buildings for life and labor: You are workmen and citizens all: We command you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARMAGEDDON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON RETROSPECT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TO HIS CONSCIENCE by ROBERT HERRICK PRAYERS OF STEEL by CARL SANDBURG THE EMPEROR OF ICE-CREAM by WALLACE STEVENS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG VERSES TO HER WHO IS JUSTLY ENTITLED TO THEM by BERNARD BARTON |