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Barracks Poems - Poems about Barracks

to love your enemy
...To love your enemy I should not say this, but there is no way to hide I had a wonderful childhood when our country was at war and occupied  the mighty German army walked in and out of an army b......

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Categories: barracks, 8th grade, age, america,
Form: ABC
Premium Member The Last Survivor
...Harold John Bray, Jr., Seaman 2C- The last surviving member of the iconic Navy vessel the USS Indianapolis. The Indy was a capitol ship that just returned statewide for major repairs and refitting, f......

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Categories: barracks, boat, fear, in memoriam,
Form: Haibun



Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly High
...Army 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 spotligh......

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Categories: barracks, appreciation, celebration, character, childhood,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member January 1973
...January 27, 1973 I was sitting in the barracks yelling and screaming echoed through the halls sirens blaring, horns blowing, fireworks popping; the war was over...

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Categories: barracks, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Embodiment of Light
... Coat stand tree commingling clan protects Quilted caterpillar sticks linen to spine Pine foliage erect points to its apex Before its born, spire spreads star shine Swooping swi......

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Categories: barracks, adventure, animal,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Ft Leonard Wood Mo 1961
... Ft Leonard Wood Mo.1961 Combat Engineers Miracle Man 10/18/2024 Most days we awoke feeling quite asinine, choice wasn’t to get up or remain supine. The bugle was telling us rise and......

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Categories: barracks, angst, character, military, motivation,
Form: I do not know?
Armour tank
...If person has a right to own armour tanks and barracks and nuclear bombs in this country of ours I offer my own to my country or convert it to something or is here somehow about ready fo......

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Categories: barracks, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Once again the missus did volunteer yours truly as master of ceremonies
...Once again, the missus did volunteer yours truly as master of ceremonies..., when triumvirate (Kathleen Bergen, Pamela Floreen, and Richard Jett) constitute Grosse and Quade real estate managem......

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Categories: barracks, adventure, america, angst, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Faith Strengthened
... To the hell of Theresienstadt transported all hope for freedom aborted Rabbi Shmuel Goldin understood what awaited a life of forced labor now fated Led into his barracks,......

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Categories: barracks, faith, freedom, god, inspirational,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Have you seen the boobie
...Have you seen the boobie? Asked Copper Mike to Steve McLiss. Steve was horrified. Just one? What kind of woman is this? Not a woman, but a platypus-look-alike, said instigator Mike. She’s down by ......

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Categories: barracks, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member On the Banks of the Potomac
...We were accustomed to being in the military living in the barracks, having inspections and following the rules. Yet, at summer's zenith, my sweetheart and I and our two friends left behind the Ft.......

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Categories: barracks, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Sheer Enjoyment
...Good day! Let’s have a marvelous time midst wholesome leisure toward wondrous relaxation blitz devoid of pressure allowing hearty gratitude exposure while basking under heavenly rays’ pl......

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Categories: barracks, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Light Verse
The Scouring
...They came in a single file Noiseless like wisps of smoke They'd taken their chances For they say it's always greener On the other side. From the watch tower I perceived The procession with a d......

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Categories: barracks, anger, animal, community, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The Smoke Man
...There is a character I had known back at the barracks, That his doings earned him the title 'Smoke man,' He had weird habits that always succumbed to change, He had a way of bringing life to intro......

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Categories: barracks, addiction, confidence, cry,
Form: Free verse
The Missus Upstages Grosse and Quade At Unit B44
...The missus upstages Grosse and Quade at unit b44... for upcoming June 2023 inspection/violation. Countdown triggers nails bitten down to quick geesh if only Mary Poppins could pull off cheap t......

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Categories: barracks, america, anger, anxiety, business,
Form: Rhyme

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