Soldier Blank Verse Poems

She wandered like a gypsy to Wyoming,
Where she settled in and sojourned for a spell.
She found herself a billet at the Hog Ranch,
And son, there...

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Antonio Lobo Antunes

Writes a chronicle, which he claims is about Nothing that, for us, ( Nothing ) encompasses a mountain of words
reflecting the need of...

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Time Machine

I sometimes wonder about migration, is there a moment when doors are closed and the bus leaves the station
Sorry folks, the country is full.
One...

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Poor soldier Andrew Jackson who
Attacked the British after peace 
Was signed three weeks before at Ghent.
Unnecessary bravery 
Is no less admirable for that.
He waves to...

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Green leaves on trees

The tall carob trees that bear long oblong fruit
black as the hands of a Gambian, sweet as sight 
of the snow-clad mountain...

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A brief memory

He sat alone under a wooden bridge over a small stream
that (for him) looked deep; usually, a little girl sat the too
but he...

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Once, in America

I saw a wonderful picture of a female soldier coming home 
after a tour of duty defending America against the enemy
In Syria or...

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The brave soldier

Had an accident when parachuting 
in Afghanistan,
ended up in a wheelchair he did.
He became a writer instead.
He was lucky to have a wife...

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Scapes
The slope of wings
Stands out for me, before me
A machine that’s not a machine
I’m not saying it’s a person
Or a robot but it’s here
It assists...

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French “The Language of love”

Darling, speak French when we make love
wicked words I don´t understand but has a whispering meaning of delight.
I stand before you...

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A bluebottle’s tale.
Flies, dark a biblical curse flew, over Alexandria
darkened the sky and hummed hell´s song.
This was not butterflies, in a summer glade.
A bluebottle got...

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Time looked like everything,
Time is partly everything,
Time is the worst part of every misery,
And I mean every misery;
Time looks like the guns, the tanks, the...

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Palestinian Chaos  
The dream interrupted 
By the people of darkness.
Ramallah 
A pink cloud appeared
God came out eating an apple.
The soldiers 
Fell on their knees...

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Falluja

Who can forget this place?
When the American moved in, they shot 
anything that moved,
families at the dinner table and women
hanging up washing.
A badly wounded enemy,...

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love is forever


I had an aunt who fell in love with a soldier
their home was an oasis in a restless time, and they had a...

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