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Poems about Science 1: Climate

...Climate Change Haiku
by Michael R. Burch

late November:
climate skeptics scoff
but the geese no longer migrate.



The King of Beasts in the Museum of the Extinct
by Michael R. Burch

Th...

Categories: bataan, earth, earth day, environment,
Form: Rhyme

Various Heresies 10

...Various Heresies 10



God to Man, Contra Bataan
by Michael R. Burch

Earth, what-d’ya make of global warming?
Perth is endangered, the high seas storming.
Now all my creatures, from maggot ...

Categories: bataan, bible, christian, earth, god,
Form: Rhyme

1942 Bataan Death March

...THEY MARCHED* for miles in blistering heat
THEY MARCHED with nothing to drink or eat
THEY MARCHED as soldiers, Filipinos alike,
THEY MARCHED over trails others had hiked
BLOOD FILLED the path of ...

Categories: bataan, anger, appreciation, memorial,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Onslaught

...#One should be cautious in starting a war, but 
once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly#

     #Quote by Hirohito circa Dec 1942#

                       Onslaught 

         As little...

Categories: bataan, allusion, america, world war
Form: Rhyme

What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About

...Hmm...What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About...

Today (a rather brisk, chilly,
and otherwise sat
tiss factory twirly delightful
December 18th, 2018) matte
her of fact quite
refreshi...

Categories: bataan, abuse, allusion, america, analogy,
Form: Bio

The Greatest Generation

...THE GREATEST GENERATION
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS



Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation
They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression
It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Divers...

Categories: bataan, america, courage, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse

Out of Water: Bataan

...We left the barracks in mid-March,
With snow still on the ground,
Drove two days across the border,
To participate in a multi-national event,
Commemorating the World War II atrocities,
The Japan...

Categories: bataan, character, freedom, military, remember,
Form: Narrative

The Scent of Water

...He was a large soldier, standing well over six feet.
In World War II; imprisoned in the Philippines.
Thousands perished on the Bataan Death March.
They were brutally beaten; starved and parched.

Wan...

Categories: bataan, hope, husband, soldier, war,
Form: Sonnet

The Disabled Vet

...THE DISABLED VET


Many wars have come and gone
These wars took men away from home
Some of them did not return
But the memory of them will always burn

Deep within this country's heart
These...

Categories: bataan, freedom, integrity, loss, men,
Form: Rhyme

At the Vfw Post In Buang, Phillipines

...At the VFW Post in Buang, Philippines they know Macarthur
Staggering off then
Swaggering back onto
These Philippines Islands and the
 Wail of Hirohito
Drowning in chorus with the headsman’s gush...

Categories: bataan, historyold, old,
Form: Free verse

In An Unknown Grave He Lies

...This is about a man whose name is Jesse
Born In Kansas and raised in Missouri
 Was called to fight for his beloved country
And  assigned to defend an outlying territory

Jesse fought as hard as ...

Categories: bataan, death, family, death, heart,
Form: Elegy