Best Service Poems

weather-beaten sign
driven down in dying weeds
forsaken headstone
oh nameless, forgotten soul
the Savior knows who you are...

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now stuffed with sweet eggs,

her kids sit, well-groomed, in church -

Not a bad hare day!


For Skat's EASY Poetry Contest...

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Discarded cotton t-shirt shrunken and stained
on the side of a street pot-holed and veined
pants sagging low with no shoes on his feet
headphones blaring to the latest hip-hop beat

Heading down to the corner looking for a score
the old 76 filling station with the boarded up doors
how...

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I'm still waiting
How much time has elapsed
Think I'll read
While I'm waiting
I just read a chapter

I do believe my call is being answered
No, a voice on a machine echoes
"Your call will be taken in the order in which it was received"

Great
What number caller was I
Probably the...

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At the joyful sunrise service on Easter morn
On the sands of Daytona Beach no lines are drawn
Worshipers from each Christian denomination
Gather in unison as one congregation

Protestants, Mormons and Catholics in pre-dawn haze
Chorus of voices offering hymns of great praise
As the sun rises here, just as...

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Oft overlooked veterans,
of EVERY American war
The Medal of Honor, 
one woman only ever wore.*

Women in Military Service,
a concept slow to grow.
Unrecognized, under-compensated,  
yet, always there, always ready to go.

A Memorial to Women in Military Service,**
a concept slow to grow.
In every war, everywhere,***
they are always...

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Mrs. Cat, I'm bringing back your kitten
I'm completely done with baby sittin'
She cried all day
Not worth the pay
And , so sorry, we couldn't find her mitten



For the "Tell Me About It " contest...

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The sign reads no service
if you take off your shoes
but if you come in to my place
I'll take them off you

Have a seat at my counter
I'll get to you real soon
one sip of this coffee
I'm damn sure you'll swoon

Breakfast is simmering 
you'll find the sausage...

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apologies to Robert W. Service
There’s a tale that is told
In the night Yukon cold
Of the shooting of Dan Mc Grew
The truth as it’s known
Is a legend that’s grown
And the truth is known by very few

It’s twenty years on
The Malamutes gone
There’s nobody left from that night

But...

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able bodied service man off to fight a war battle scorn


4/14/18
written words by James  Edward Lee Sr 2018©...

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A Service Member's Prayer

Oh, God, I feel that I have cause
To know my life might give You pause,
But fair as You are sure to be,
I seek Your way on bended knee.
I wish neither to kill nor die,
Though from engagement I'll not shy.
For if my duty...

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In prayer

revere...

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Maud, the meek poverty stricken seventy year old matriarch
 of the people spoke proudly as the relief shown on her face. 
“Two weeks ago I had tests run at Sparks Medical Center in 
Fort Smith they told me that my old body was almost totally...

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When I was just a wee farm lad growin' up in Hoosier land,

There were many things about farm life I didn't quite understand!

One day I saw a neighbor leadin' a big bull down the gravel road.

I asked my dear old Pa about that and this...

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"canon service"

“We follow the rules here”, he said incorruptibly
like he was untainted as holy water 
from the incorruptible font,
he had an upward inflection in his voice 
at the end of every punctuated point,
delivered like a canon service
his gun and bullets were larger
apparently...he was high, the...

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