Write a poem (36 lines minimum) or three poems (12 lines each) about life during the war as a soldier. You may include as many of the following topics as you wish (you must include one): hope, despair, justness of the war, the experience of being wounded, death, poison gas, artillery, or machine guns. I left my children to protect their future, Although I thought about them in my sleep. They went to school but there was no teacher, So all they could do was weep. They wept for my return and my safety, Although hope was nowhere near. There was times where my legs were beyond shaky, In despair, anger, worry and fear. There were mornings where we woke up to our companions dead, Because poisonous gases would suffocate them. So