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Premium Member Armistice Day
The old soldier reflects
During a two minute lull.
Shiny medals worn
On clothes drab and dull.
Wearing a red poppy
With feelings of regret and pride.
Teardrops for comrades
Who died...

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Categories: armistice, emotions, feelings, military, patriotic,
Form: Verse



Armistice
He lowers his hat as she wipes her tears,
when falls a thoughtful hush, as battles cease,
we hear their silent thoughts across the years.

He comes home...

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Categories: armistice, war
Form: Villanelle
Armistice Day
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Categories: armistice, peace, war,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Remember
That time of year has come again
When we reflect and remember them
Polish our boots and press our kit
Remember those fallen that didn't make it

We shine...

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Categories: armistice, memorial day, military, veterans
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Last Goodbye
The last time I took Pop to the big lake, the wind was so strong,
it nearly blew his wheelchair over, I knew just where to...

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Categories: armistice, fatherdad, time, dad, time,
Form: Narrative



The Rise and Fall of Mankind
In essence the unconscious mind,
   Reveals all knowledge for mankind.
   To pursue dreams, each vision brings,
   Then soar above...

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Categories: armistice, change, destiny,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member The Call To Arms
Lord Kitchener sent out the call to arms
In England boys and men heeded the call
Women took over the factories and farms
Before the armistice thousands would...

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Categories: armistice, history, war, world war
Form: Sonnet
Fields of Red of Poppy Leaf
Fields of red, of poppy leaf
The fields where  so many brave came to grief
Brave men indeed who refused to kneel
To give freedom to others,...

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Categories: armistice, remembrance day, war, world
Form: Verse
Premium Member 100 Years On
One hundred years ago in 1921
The 15th of May a new charity begun
Amalgamating  charities of which there were  4
The Royal British Legion set up to...

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Categories: armistice, history, memorial, military, remembrance
Form: Free verse
Peace Is My Big Love
Peace is My Big LOVE in 3 languages
Philosophy of Peace

Peace is sweet Science
Science of Peace
Sience of Truce

Peace is a Silence
Silence of our province
Silence of Armistice

Peace...

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Categories: armistice, humanity, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Veterans Day
Veterans Day

We were happy
With the war over.
Our eyes swelled tears
When the guns ceased fire.

Those long years
Of suffering ended;
Lives shattered
Always wondering.

And on that day
Soldiers marching,
Rifles shouldered,...

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Categories: armistice, america, holiday, remember, remembrance
Form: Verse
Premium Member Commandment Battlement - Part One -
Better to be bold in battle
then benign in retreat!
No victory comes from actions prattle;
May honor be found in refusing defeat -

My vaults will not be...

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Categories: armistice, war,
Form: Epic
Gomorrah Toys


Military maneuvers,
conducted by starship troopers,
make a Lot of king Chedorlaomer noise

Earhole space
penetrated by the Pentagon puffing pace ... 
stealth sound of smoke signals
Warning drumbeat signs...

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Categories: armistice, truth, violence, war, wisdom,
Form: Alliteration
A Letter To Mother 1918
A LETTER TO MOM 1918
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


At Last Dear Mother, this Nightmare Will Cease
In a Few Short Hours There Will Be Lasting Peace
A  Full...

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Categories: armistice, corruption, grief, horror, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
World War One One Hundred Years Later
WORLD WAR 1 ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER 
(AMERICAN VERSION)
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


Patriotic songs give us reason to cheer
Except when “over there” is over here
Living underground is...

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Categories: armistice, memorial day, war,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs