Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly HighArmy BRAT’S Always ‘Wanna’ Fly High
The tradition necessitates that as a child born unto military parents
Called by the beloved acronym Born Raised and Trained (BRAT’S)
Be always on the spotlight as they augment and compliment
The guys in uniform ever shifting from one place to another
Military BRAT’S never quite settle born and raised as sojourners
Born of a...
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Categories:
military, appreciation, celebration, character, childhood,
Form: Narrative
'Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue'
Border surveillance female scouts
their warnings unheeded about
an attack, imminent, from Gazan Hamasniks
IDF superiors pooh-poohed the risks
Prime Minister Netanyahu ignored their reports
...
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Categories:
irony, jewish, judgement, military,
Form: Couplet
The Youngwhistles blare
gun powder in the air
lead pours overhead
I can't wait to feel my bed
I line up my rifle
breathe and squeeze
my orders are to strife
I run empty so I freeze
the quit nights are haunted
this conflict was unwanted
one more tally added; I can't mask it
make sure they spell it right on my casket...
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Categories:
anxiety, humanity, men, military,
Form: Rhyme
WOMEN VETERANPlease tell me it’s not true
In supporting the Red white and blue
That not a lot of women are Honorable
And barely any women are notable
So to the far few and in between
I hope your life will shine and glean
Where we may not be many, but just a few
Who go combat hatred people spew
For...
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Categories:
america, military, veterans day,
Form: Rhyme
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART AND MEFEELING SO BLESSED MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND I CELEBRATING OUR MARRIAGE 9 YEARS OF WEDDED BLISS JULY 8TH 2016 THE TRUE BLESSINGS WITHIN ALL THE HARD WORK VOLUNTEERING LONG BEFORE THE MARRIAGE 2015 INSEPARABLE COUPLE DIE HARD VOLUNTEERING SPENDING OUR ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTING HELPING OTHERS THIS WAS VERY REWARDING GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY BEING...
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Categories:
military, allah,
Form: Naat
Oh Liza, dear LizaOh Liza, dear Liza. My plane’s going down.
I’m somewhere over the Pacific, but there's nobody around.
Nobody to watch as this hunk of metal falls
No one to weep as these blaring alarms stall.
Dear Liza, my Liza. Now I’m going down.
It’s not valiant or brave like you hear of in town.
There was no gunfire, I’m just...
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Categories:
military, flying, freedom, independence day,
Form: Narrative
World is not beautifulWar isn’t new. Our world has been bleeding for centuries, crimson rivers running beneath the cities we call beautiful, masked by glass towers and neon lights. They build malls on buried bones, schools on scorched earth, paved roads across old battlefields where children once fell. This isn’t a fresh wound—it’s a festering one, hidden beneath...
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Categories:
military, america, childhood, dark, evil,
Form: Free verse
The Crime of a DollarThe wealth of nations was once rooted
In toil, in grain, in honest trade.
But now—behold the phantom coin,
A paper god by empire made.
No longer tethered to gold or grace,
It floats on faith, or rather fear.
A dollar, born of ink and bluff,
Commands the world to bend and kneel.
This is not free exchange,
But a theft dressed in robes...
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Categories:
military, abuse, allusion, america, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
To NATO, in the Language of Power and PeaceO Confederation of the West—
You were not born to conquer shadows,
But to outlive them.
Power is not noise,
It is silence understood by all.
You fear the bear in the east,
But he was your brother once—
Did you not share a winter once in Berlin’s broken breath?
Yet now,
You sharpen your swords
Where olive branches once bloomed.
He holds gas, grain, and...
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Categories:
military, abuse, evil, fate, future,
Form: Free verse
Proud To ServeI’m proud to serve, that’s true as hell,
But sometimes I wonder why we’re here to rebel—
Not against the mission, not against the fight,
But the brass and the game that fogs up the right.
They say it’s a brotherhood, shoulder to shoulder,
But I see ‘em slicked up, gettin' rank over the bolder.
The ones who dodge grime, fresh-pressed...
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Categories:
military, soldier, work,
Form: Rhyme
SidewaysYou practice and you train,
you wrack your damn brain,
you push through the pain,
it still goes
sideways.
You’re up before dawn,
give it guts and brawn,
till the last ounce is gone,
it still goes
sideways.
You have all the tools,
and follow regs and rules,
like all the other fools,
it still goes
sideways.
You do it all right,
keep it in the fight,
hustling day and night,
it still...
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Categories:
endurance, military, work,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Crossroads for Iran
When missiles fly
The Mullahs lie
They bide their time
To turn the tide
Their constant bluster
Now short of luster
For why we ask
No God sent task
To build a bomb
With feigned aplomb
Their word to spread
Among the dead
They have their place
To find God's grace
Not trample lives
Like stinging hives
Fear and temerity
No road to prosperity
But that's what they seek
Control of the meek
A proud...
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Categories:
military, america, arabic, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
After the March"After the March"
Almost eight years, the flags have flown,
A soldier's wife, yet so alone.
Eight years of heartache, silent cries,
Of wiping tears and telling lies
Like "I'm okay," when I was breaking,
Like "We’re fine," though barely making.
Stress clung tight like second skin,
While I held the outside in.
Weight I carried on my soul,
Filling both the mom and dad...
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Categories:
military, appreciation, blessing, dedication, emotions,
Form: Other
Patriotic Blood
The parade is long and patriotic,
with glottic marching band~
with pipe, with drum, we demand
more young blood from our heartland....
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Categories:
military,
Form: Englyn
No Kings Day
Categories:
military, america, death, voice,
Form: Rhyme
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