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Army Of One Poems - Poems about Army Of One

Adoritrix

...Serried spirits walk on the wind

Paratrooper raindrops collecting courage before descent

Drunk off your paints, tasting life in your landscape 

Heart ablaze, my fantasies have been conquered...
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Categories: army of one, allusion, black love, for
Form: Rispetto

Premium MemberWhat They Don't Tell You

...What they don’t tell You

What the recruiters tell you:
“Be all you can be.”
“An Army of one.”
“Fly high with the Air Force.”
“Join the Navy and see the world.”
“Be the best. Be a Marine.”
“J...
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Categories: army of one, military,
Form: List



Army of One

...Alone I drift, a vagabond psuche, haunted by daughter's lifeblood and husband's self-exploded mind, a diseased landscape. Frantic fingers dance on the page as I conjure reason's faint glow, a despera...
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Categories: army of one, dark,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIn mediation of my own identity

...In mediation of my own identity, do you see an involuntary army of one?
Failed my fellowship, a downpour I need myself the most; affectionate landslides run
'Cause if rain erosion is all th...
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Categories: army of one, appreciation, deep, devotion, introspection,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberArmy Of One

...he followed my lead
obedient fool
an army of one

agreed
he is made up of many
made up of few

all within me
a need


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Categories: army of one, anxiety, depression, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Narrative



For the Queen

...In the hive, she is so well attended -
thousands of workers, all pleased to toil,
hundreds of soldiers keep her defended,
all for her, and her palace of soil.

But when it comes time, my queen, ...
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Categories: army of one, love,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberGarden Apartment Redemption

...I solemnly received my first toilet auger
As if it were a knight’s well-tempered sword.
It meant I’d passed my ninety-day audition,
And seemed to me a suitable reward.

And so began my tenure wo...
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Categories: army of one, allegory, work,
Form: Burlesque

Premium MemberThe Poor Man's Poet

...(A Carnival Barker)
There’s no shame in my game,
I write to entertain
This is from my upcoming book 
that has no name.
Poetry that entertains.
 
I am the halftime show 
always ready to go...
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Categories: army of one, confidence, desire, humor, poets,
Form: Rhyme

God of War

...In the opaque distance transverses the lingering sound
Echoes beyond the darkness emits vibrations opposing the ground
The imposing clouds renders their shadows all around
In the metaphor of tranq...
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Categories: army of one, adventure, angst, art, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

God of War

...In the opaque distance transverses the lingering sound
Echoes beyond the darkness emits vibrations opposing the ground
The imposing clouds renders their shadows all around
In the metaphor of tranq...
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Categories: army of one, adventure, angst, art, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

Desert Rain

...Rain never ends in the quick sand desert
It never begins either in this scorching heat
Blisters and parched lips are part of the mix
Brought on by the sun's drying effects
On lost bleached bones ...
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Categories: army of one, conflict, confusion, image, light,
Form: Free verse

Volenteer Daddy

...Volunteer daddy
army of one
strong when it calls for it
but also pillow soft
your everything I should have had
and everything I could ever want
Volunteer daddy 
I dont know how you do it
many...
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Categories: army of one, childhood, dad, daughter, devotion,
Form: Free verse

The Lonely Army

...When wind’s silence 
heralds boundless oblivion
and the trembles of cracked earth
raise the dust of tears
dried by the boundless footfalls
of sallow flesh

When a thread of gold
brings uneart...
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Categories: army of one, adventure, allegory, angel, corruption,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDragon An Army of One

...Dragon got to thinking… And that’s always a frightening thing!
One of my son’s went into the Army, so he would do the same,
He’d been told, Soldiers are our Heroes, and he wanted to be one.
So he ...
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Categories: army of one, character, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form: Light Verse

Proud of Who We Are

...We are the few and the proud.
We are an army of one.
We sometimes shout out loud,
We get things done!

We fly into skies above,
We sail the seas of blue.
We sometimes push, often shove
Doing what we ...
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Categories: army of one, devotion,
Form: Rhyme

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