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Best Rules Of Engagement Poems

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Working In the Hospice
To Work In A Hospice Just Be There and Care.

Bring yourself, It's all that you have and it's real,
Everyone needs to be understood and to...

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Categories: rules of engagement, caregiving, grief, loss, engagement,
Form: Acrostic



Morning Fog On the Water
The rules of engagement are 
etched out in time
The fog's holding sway as  the 
sun tries to shine
Through a blanketing smokey 
enveloping shroud
Outmanuevering all access...

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© Joe Murphy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rules of engagement, ocean
Form: Couplet
Walking In the Wind
I was walking in the wind looking to the sky,
Seeing all that’s before me and wondering why?
How did I get here and make it this...

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Categories: rules of engagement, introspection, life, me, me,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Until the Fight Is Done
My confusion comes from too much doing. During the news
eating cheese and crackers, drinking wine, thinking the world
needs me.

Or the falling leaves, the days shorter...

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Categories: rules of engagement, blessing, brother, city, confusion,
Form: Verse
Song of Amergin: Translation
The Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations

The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the...

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Categories: rules of engagement, ireland, myth, mythology, song,
Form: Free verse



Life's Rules
rules of engagement 
isn’t just for battle field
everyday life too...

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Categories: rules of engagement, life, engagement,
Form: Haiku
The Skin Game
When the passing touch of a life long  friend
Becomes the caress of a new lover
The rules of engagement are rearranged
Who do you talk to...

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© Joe Murphy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: rules of engagement, change, engagement,
Form: Quatrain
The Theater of Heaven's Light
The Theater Of Heaven's Light
 
Penetrate God's mark, join the equation, enforce a 
lead warrior role, don't shy away on the weak-
minded, show strength to...

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Categories: rules of engagement, childhood, courage, faith, hope,
Form: Verse
Combat
I remember that day and never looking back
I said goodbye to my family and grabbed my duffel bag
Im off to be a hero just like...

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Categories: rules of engagement, america, anger, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Bone Idol
[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]

Prologue
This,  Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did...

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Categories: rules of engagement, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What I Deserve
The personal is political and I take the political quite personal

and please do not get me wrong because I am not one to moan

for only...

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Categories: rules of engagement, judgement,
Form: Political Verse
Enoneone
I’m A “Street Fighter” 
You see the “Wings” CHUN 
LI
“BRUCE WAYNE”
 “LEROY”
“LU”
KAME
“THE LAST DRAGON BREATHS”
You don’t want “NUN”-CHUCK
NORE IS ANY ENTITY
Check my IP MAN
my Impulse...

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Categories: rules of engagement, art, courage, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In These Days
In these days when times are tough
And billionaires can’t get enough
Our enemies are overjoyed
Our CEO’s should be unemployed.

They have sacrificed the country for their greed
They’ve...

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Categories: rules of engagement, political
Form: Rhyme
Rock , Paper , Scissors
Rock Paper Scissors
Pope Rabbi Imam
Conservative Democrat Independent
Money Power Control
Pay attention kids I will now explain to you the rules of engagement 
Wealth crushes power but...

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Categories: rules of engagement, lifepolitical, power, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Friendship
Friendship floats freely like waterfalls,
Falling down from on high. They spray
Welcoming mist, we breathe into our lungs.
Friends are like tides rolling in, receding again.
Letting us...

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Categories: rules of engagement, friendship
Form: Free verse

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