The Greatest Generation
...THE GREATEST GENERATION
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation
They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression
It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Divers...
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Categories:
corregidor, america, courage, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
From Sulu To Corregidor
...Trained in Corregidor
gone the Simunul
in the Sulu archipelago
the homeland of the blue
not the land of taboo
From the beauty of woman
and the beautiful island
Jabidah is known one
With ‘So...
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Categories:
corregidor, adventure, anniversary, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Free verse
From Sulu To Corregidor
...Trained in Corregidor
Gone the Simunul
In the Sulu archipelago
The homeland of the blue
Not the land of taboo
From the beauty of woman
And the beautiful island
Jabidah is known one
With ‘So...
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Categories:
corregidor, abuse, adventure, analogy, art,
Form: Bio
Pride In the American Troop
...They held the field, men side by side,
Their will intact, their fears subside.
They mustered in so many fields,
And held the ground, refused to yield.
At Lexington went toe to toe,
With British ...
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Categories:
corregidor, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Memories of Jabidah
...They are recruited
for Operation
Merdeka,
trained to kill
their brethrens
Aware that is to
attack Sabah
They refused!
They were killed and
tortured
on the island named
Corregidor ...
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Categories:
corregidor, anger, angst, betrayal, birth,
Form: Ballad
Bloodstones
...salty tears from wars fought
overflow, filling an ocean
blood that was spilled, gets mixed in,
staining virgin stones--
or are these lost souls?
time and tide try to wash them off,
but the b...
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Categories:
corregidor, history, war
Form: Free verse
Memoirs and Battle Scars
...Ernie was a hell raiser
A daredevil of sorts.
He was popular in school,
A natural at sports.
A kid in a candy store
Is the way Ernie felt.
All he had to do was smile,
And every girl would me...
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Categories:
corregidor, love, wargirl, time,
Form: Rhyme