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A Ghazal on the Threat of War

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Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 20, 2026.

Gleb Garanich/Reuters

If we should lift the bar once more

That opens onto war once more,

Donald Mace Williams

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Donald Mace Williams

Donald Mace Williams is a retired newspaper writer and editor with a Ph.D. in Old English prosody. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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