On the March

Soldiers, rucksacks in place, marching, calling cadence: "Sound off, one two. Sound off, three four." "Hooah" 6/4/15

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/15/2015 10:15:00 PM

wow, I sure guessed right about military in your life!

Kim Merryman
Date: 6/18/2015 8:23:00 PM

Yep!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/15/2015 2:44:00 PM

Thanks for your participation in my contest..I have heard tales from my husband, son and other relatives about the marching..This brought back memories..Congrats on your placement..Sara

Kim Merryman
Date: 6/18/2015 8:23:00 PM

Thank you, Sara for your comments and for sponsoring contests.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/11/2015 4:01:00 PM

This was a cute one. You have military on your mind!!congrats on the winner's list

Kim Merryman
Date: 6/11/2015 9:11:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea! My husband is retired Air Force, my youngest son did 4 years in the Army and then the reserves and my oldest son is currently active duty Army. Plus I live outside a large Air Force Base (Eglin). I quite frequently have military on my mind - kind of hard not to.

Constance La France

Date: 6/11/2015 2:00:00 PM

Kim, this is outstanding, a wonderful 7 and thanks for visiting my poem, sweet, I wish it had gotten a higher placement than HM but oh well

Kim Merryman
Date: 6/11/2015 9:06:00 PM

Thank you, Constance, for stopping by and for your encouraging comments!

Charlene Mccutcheon

Date: 6/10/2015 9:51:00 PM

What a wonderful Cinquain Kim. A brilliant write. Did you submit this for the contest?. It should have gotten first place. Charlene

Kim Merryman
Date: 6/11/2015 9:05:00 PM

Thank you, charlene, for your encouraging comments!