The Celestial NAAFI
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The Celestial NAAFI
Well there sits old Buck like he always did,
Waving his pipe and tilting his lid.
There’s Johnny and Ronny and Shep and old Taffy,
And Soapy still d...
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Categories:
bulled, military,
Form: Rhyme
VE Day 2025
...Beret shaped and brushed
Trousers pressed, bulled shoes,
Booted and suited for
Eighty years old news.
Victory in Europe
End of a long haul
Time to celebrate
And reflect on it all.
Not a ful...
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Categories:
bulled, anniversary, celebration, peace, remembrance
Form: Rhyme
He Died With A Smile, Part III
...He followed this path for half a mile,
found himself high up on a cold platform.
The trail split, one went across the mesa,
the other went right, winding down below.
On the left he could see cl...
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Categories:
bulled, abuse, anger, children, dark,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Hull Cenotaph, Remembrance Sunday, 2018
...The Guildhall clock chimes
Eleven times this special day,
A great silence descends as
The two minutes tick away.
On parade at the Cenotaph,
An old man among old men
(Where did the years go for
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Categories:
bulled, anniversary, emotions, patriotic, remembrance
Form: Rhyme
What Does a Silent Wimp Do
...A mean boy bulled me, then another joined him and there were two.
Three more girls arrived to call me names and kick me about.
A gang now, I counted, and it truly made me depressed and blue.
A duc...
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Categories:
bulled, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
A Killer, Not a Murderer, Part Ii
......The brazenness stunned them quiet,
so I bulled forth, continued on:
“You raised a thief, who played with guns,
and you’re surprised that it went wrong?
“Did you never explain to him
that li...
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Categories:
bulled, conflict, murder, parents, political,
Form: Narrative
A Soldier Thats Lost
...A Soldier That’s Lost.
Green was the colour of all of my suits,
Razor starched creases and bulled mirror boots,
Focused and steadfast,
Her majesty’s best,
Ribbons and medals proud on my chest....
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Categories:
bulled, angst, anxiety, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
John Stark's Glory, Part Ii
......Baum’s men were caught in a hot cross-fire,
many quickly were sent to the grave,
their Indian allies wisely pulled out,
seeing no victory to be had that day.
The militia just kept pushing cl...
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Categories:
bulled, america, conflict, freedom, hero,
Form: Epic
The Man That He Once Was, Part Iii
......With that he kicked his horse in the flanks
and charged towards Thompson and the men,
not expecting it, two of them went down
before they realized he was no longer Friend.
Now it was just Th...
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Categories:
bulled, anger, character, faith, hurt,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Apple of My Eye
...Shana Aubrey Harris –
whose existence begat by dada and da mama; aye
revel your bursting at figurative seams viz maturation, and know by
chatting over telephone, your aura, charisma,
and pe...
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Categories:
bulled, age, angel, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Elegy
Recruit Division
...Recruit Division
I never applied to join the Army, a nice man phoned me,
He said I was the type they liked, with a steel certainty,
Plus he happened to mention the nurses on the way,
And the si...
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Categories:
bulled, graduation, grandfather, men, military,
Form: Cinquain
Bull
...The bull is coming
What are you going to do?
Are you going to run or get out of the way?
I say not
Face it like a matador
Even guide it
How many times are you bulled?
Too many times
But who i...
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Categories:
bulled, faith,
Form: Free verse
Memoir: Crashing Women's Studies- Feminists, Beware Lol
...Don't ask me how it happened; I have no clear recollection. I have always had this brazen habit of coming right out and directly asking for whatever I want; I always figured "no!" was the only worst ...
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Categories:
bulled, art, funny, poetry, social,
Form: Narrative
Bullying Ruin Lives
...Every day in school
They would pick on him
And threaten to kill his mom
If he reported them
The constant abuse
And the physical attacks
For months he took it
And the teachers all turn their backs
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Categories:
bulled, angst, child, childhood, courage,
Form: Light Verse
Bullies
...Why do some kids have to be so mean,bulling on others and love to be seen,walking around and trying to be rough,but deep down inside their not even tough,it will come a time and you will regreat the ...
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Categories:
bulled, growing up,
Form: Bio
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