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After the March

..."After the March"

Almost eight years, the flags have flown,
A soldier's wife, yet so alone.
Eight years of heartache, silent cries,
Of wiping tears and telling lies
Like "I'm okay," when I was...

Categories: deployments, appreciation, blessing, dedication, emotions,
Form: Other

Come Into Your Own

...It never is too late to start
Pursuing what you dream.
Listen closely to your heart...
Allow your mind to stream.
Do not let status or age
Instill crisis within you.
Successfully turning the pa...

Categories: deployments, character, courage, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme

World War Whatever

...Standing on the fantail of a warship on patrol,
Its wake stretching off to from where I’d come,
Transporting me back to my first day aboard,
Three long deployments ago.

I’d learned about things...

Categories: deployments, allegory, america, anger, angst,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Occupational Therapy

...I’ve been working since I was twelve years old,
But my first on-the-books job
Was as a sailor in the US Navy,
Gunners Mate.
Six years and three Westpac deployments.
Fifty months of sea duty
Cha...

Categories: deployments, work,
Form: List

Dreamtime: Alien Invasion

..."Whoever in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth" Walter Raleigh's preface to his 1614 'History of the World'



We had all been told...

Categories: deployments, dream,
Form: Narrative

Back To Her

...After the Sunday service, searching back to her
For a date. He will soon be walking back to her.

Bottle rockets popping over the Sacre Coeur.
She suddenly kissed him; he then leaning back to her...

Categories: deployments, children, conflict, french, retirement,
Form: Ghazal

In a Nowhere Land

...IN A NOWHERE LAND

I feel like a crazy, mad woman,
chafed and losing my patience.
Feeling so bad, ready to explode
or needing desperately to explore
and get lost to point of no return
or to fi...

Categories: deployments, adventure, fantasy, freedom, humanity,
Form: Free verse

The Age of Thrill Seekers

...Emartra Van Doyle, II was a powerful leader.
As a powerhouse, he knew this was his golden age.
He formed leaders and defeated procrastination.
He prepared them for the world to come.
A connection...

Categories: deployments, absence, abuse, age, anger,
Form: Epic

Vets Know

...Vets Know
                  by Odin Roark



Deployment
(Via Refrigerator Magnets)
 
Sweetheart

Should have told you

I’m sorry
I’ve buttered
the last piece
the heel
you never eat

Can you forgive m...

Categories: deployments, life, , memorial,
Form: Free verse

Shrouded In Secrecy - the Team

...Copyright © 2011 #307
9/Apr/2011  (0110hrs)


Dedicated to all Special Operations' Operatives Worldwide


Teams of Operators prepared for the call
  honed and strong willed standing tall.

Shadows mo...

Categories: deployments, adventure, dedication, family, father,
Form: Couplet

You'Re Gone

...I don't think I'll ever be able to stop loving you.
So please, don't go.
I hate to think that it's almost your time.
So please, come home.
I've never felt this way about anyone before.
So please, sta...

Categories: deployments, dedication, depression, faith, girlfriend-boyfriend,
Form: Free verse

The First China War

...just what is China up to?
that of course is the mystery debated by the empire’s
current administration, 
as it no doubt will be the next,
regardless of what figurehead is in the oval office---
with a...

Categories: deployments, life,
Form: Free verse

Deployment

...after a yr of waiting, 
its finally here, 
time for you to come home, 
its been a long year,
loosing teeth, 
second grade, 
school time,
mommy first aid, 
field trips too,
i cant wait, 
to ...

Categories: deployments, love, peace, war,
Form: Rhyme