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Best Foot Soldier Poems

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Foot Soldier For the Lord
Hardened by indecision
True conviction's at odd
Recompense beyond belief
Some-time's it get's 
Pretty hard 
To play the part
      ------
From death do us...

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Categories: foot soldier, art, happiness, introspection,
Form: Pastoral



Soldier of Ages
Dedicated to  Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) 


I'd fought a hundred battles 
   ...

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Categories: foot soldier, memorial day, patriotic, soldier,
Form: Sonnet
Guiding Light
The

glow

from the fire

of your great vision

has changed the direction of my soul

Once I lacked the will to live and carry on with life

Now, a forward...

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© Kim Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: foot soldier, inspirational, mentor,
Form: Fibonacci
The Selfish Knight and His Lady

	The Selfish Knight and His Lady

Sixteen pieces for me
	Allotted the same for you
But, it always begins with Me first
Unless the 'me' is you...
Whereupon, like Alice...

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Categories: foot soldier, romance,
Form: Blank verse
Battle
Is it quiet enough here in your head? The chaos of the mind has subsided to a dull roar. The battle with self has come...

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Categories: foot soldier, angel, conflict, confusion, depression,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member In Builda Land
Once upon a time,
in a Kansas City Public School,
There was a teacher named Builda.
We are all given the same rules.
Every year, the principal says,
"The first...

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Categories: foot soldier, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
And the Colored Girls Sing
And the colored girls sing  (A tribute to Lou Reed)
 

“Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets”

Dragging the soul of a contender
who painted...

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Categories: foot soldier, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
The Beauty of Combat
Combat.... 

though morbid in nature, there is a sense of beauty....

for example - 
the bullet and it's chamber
the slickness of steel, and the power of...

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Categories: foot soldier, beautiful, beauty, death, pain,
Form: Free verse
Motion Sickness

My people love marching!
Attending rain dancing parades,
doing a bunch of fire-breathing talking
Little drummer boys and girls
playing foot soldier pretend grown up
Just defending the truth,
those marionette...

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Categories: foot soldier, allusion, culture, leadership, truth,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Further Qualities of the King the Thiruk-Kural Lauds: Iramaadchi - Canto 39, K381 and K382
Further qualities of the King* the THIRUK-KURAL lauds: IRAMAADTCHI - Canto 39, K381 and K382

[*modern-day "kings": presidents, prime and chief ministers, governors, dictators and the...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: foot soldier, caregiving, character, leadership, people,
Form: Epigram
The Code of Chivalry
My name is Don Quixote Del La Mancha.
I am a knight in the coat of arms 
Give me a lance, give me a sword, and...

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Categories: foot soldier, imagination, inspirational, introspection, me,
Form: Free verse
Unsung Hero
Trite foot soldier status lacking
Pedigree earned by under stress not cracking
Anonymous ward of the state with little backing
Nameless face sent into the infernal abyss hacking
On...

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Categories: foot soldier, dedicationsoldier,
Form: Rhyme
Lackey
You consider yourself a good, loyal foot soldier,
always doing what the big boss tells you to do
You're good at taking orders,
you're even better at following...

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Categories: foot soldier, parody, perspective, truth,
Form: Verse
Gigastar ? Ysr !
From Pulivendula a place so far,
God sent his angel called YSR. 
No cosmic star, superstar or megastar, 
But AP’s only ever GIGASTAR. 
He gave to...

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Categories: foot soldier, sad
Form: Narrative
Stupid Is All You See
Teacher sey mi stupid 

I wonder if a hol' a gun to her head she would still think I am stupid?

Because I don't come from...

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Categories: foot soldier, anger, betrayal,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs