Best Eagle Scout Poems

So many things I want to tell you my Dad
But I choke up in tears feeling awfully sad,
I grew-up so fast since the day you died
Pledging urgently to do well as tears dried.

Don't recall listening to anything you said
Never took trash out, never made my...

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Science can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks for the summaries.
I was teaching Shakespeare’s 92nd ridiculous sonnet
to my student who lays blacktop in the off season
Shakespeare bellyaching about...

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I stood and watched them
One by one by one
Working ever so lovingly
Until all the work was done
There were parents and adults
Kids of all ages too
All this was for
In memory of you-know-who
They were washing headstones
Using shaving cream, to clean
There were so many of them
And even more...

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Freshman year, newcomer to public school,
   my hormones were roused by Billy D. in typing class.

Sadie Hawkins’ Dance just days away;
   a chance for girls to ask boys out.

Too shy to show my interest,
   crumpled bits of paper I...

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A football star with super speed,
Our prom king, Kyle, has gone to seed.
No longer likely to succeed,
He's out of work and hooked on weed.

Behind you's Jennifer, the one
Who led our cheers and planned our fun.
Most popular, with honors won,
She's sheriff now and totes a gun.

And...

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We were just a couple of kids, weren’t we, you and I?
We thought we had our joined lives all figured out.
We would find a quaint cottage for our first home (sigh).
We would start a family, with each boy an Eagle Scout.

But in five decades united,...

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We are defined by many things in our lives.
  You're a good son. A great older brother.
  An eagle scout and crazy ass metal guitarist.
  A firebug and science nerd and my neighbor.

  I know cancer is devastating and destroys.
 ...

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Medal of Honor Horn Haiku

God gave them glory
Presented by President
Medal of Honor

In life found much fame
And for it was recognized
To be seen by all.

This precise order
Always mission, men and me
Safe, sane and secure.

Brave, clean, reverent
Loyal, courteous, kind
Trustworthy, loyal.

Of obedience,
Also, cheerful as can be
For success in...

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