Comradeship Poems

I am Rainbow

...I am Rainbow 
seven colours merged to flowing 
glow in Dark Nights of the Soul
landed in a country nicknamed 
the “Rainbow Nation” untamed
my mission to transform, transmute
colours covered in ...
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Categories: comradeship, 12th grade, africa, allusion,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe 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: comradeship, military,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberNot Invited

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Not Invited

When it’s that time of year for beer and reunion
For high-jinks and thoughts and comradely communion
And having a party to be reunited
There’s one who won’t...
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Categories: comradeship, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme

a ship and Germany

...a ship and Germany

Unter den Linden, I have a soft spot for the German language
when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where
they had enormous horses and let me sit on top of one o...
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Categories: comradeship, abuse, allusion, america, break
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWounded

...Asleep on the bed
your new arms and legs
placed neatly on the chair by your side.
I see your eyes moving rapidly
testifying to the horrors
that are still alive in your head.
How can I tell you
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Categories: comradeship, love, war,
Form: Lyric


Unter den linden

...Unter den Linden 


I have a soft spot for the German language
 when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they had enormous horses and let me sit on top of one of them (looking u...
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Categories: comradeship, addiction, age, allah, angst,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberComradeship

...Relationship is like an elastic string;
If you stretch it long, it may break.
Conflicts in it are like water drops on a hot pan.
Comradeship alone extends its longevity.
Forgiving and ignoring th...
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Categories: comradeship, 5th grade, relationship,
Form: Free verse

Me Against the World

...I'm a sad flower
A beautiful mess
A flawed human I guess
But I'm doing my best
To not ruin your expectations
First it was Elepe and fun
Then GAA and pun
Now the fun and pun are gone
There was...
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Categories: comradeship, absence, depression, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Tear For Don

...A Tear for Don

I still shed a tear over you, Don,
I wish you were still here, alive.
Remember the day we first met, Don,
A pair of young schoolboys aged five?

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Categories: comradeship, emotions, friendship, grief, remember,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRunning Toward Vivid Dreams

...I run toward the bed, wanting dreams to begin
Loving what happens night after night, as I build my empire
It’s not an egotistical world, it is a giving world
Started out with an orphanage
Where a...
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Categories: comradeship, dream,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInstilling Hope

...they sit in silence
peaceful comradeship
dog and cat as sister and brother
helping the world
by sharing their unity
instilling hope...
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Categories: comradeship, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

That First Stone

...Armchair Warriors are watching  
Ever ready to  react and criticise.
They know all the theory but not 
Looked  through a soldier’e eyes.
Young people who were,
For various reasons, willing
To s...
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Categories: comradeship, anger, betrayal, conflict, judgement,
Form: Rhyme

Invicta Games

...This is for those who complete in the INVICTA games, 
I am not in the services, but know few who have served 
and have fallen and survived.

I served with a warrior's heart in conflict
Now I com...
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Categories: comradeship, conflict, courage, encouraging, hero,
Form: Acrostic

Rejection

...The dusts have my faith in you sagged,
Simply on fake comradeship dragged;
Everything now A Big Fool’s Risk,
Smiling back A Big Asterisk…

Chats which last week smoothed my brow
Now what I fear...
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Categories: comradeship, anxiety, conflict, fear, future,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberInnermost Secrets

...Suppose I tell you all my innermost secrets
Lay my soul bear before you without fear,
Will you respect what confidence merits
Consider the trust I placed in you as dear?

Knowing I h...
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Categories: comradeship, confidence, trust, truth,
Form: Quatern

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