Soldier Dog Poems

A dog named Boy

What a Life the same life as the 1st person on Earth
Earth a much different place to go back to that time
Son...

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If you see a dog sleeping close to a trench
steer clear of the landmine; it’s snowy
the delicate task is delayed, let your chest
breath the cold...

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It was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...

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Dog Tags
By David J Walker
 
My Dog-tags remain
chained
Still hanging
On a hook inside my
Closet door

For years now
The same 
Except for the occasions  that
Remind me of...

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When I can, I try to find time to write?

My days are very busy with an eight-
Month-old boy and a small Yorkie.
Before the day is...

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Cory and the Black Dog

Cory was a shy boy;
He didn’t make a fuss.
But his schoolmates teased him,
Especially on the Bus.

Black dog quit your circling.
You don’t...

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Squire - a recollection of war
I'm twenty seven years old
Not, old by any standard
But, in my world...I'm seven
Seven years removed from an IED
Seven years away...

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Army service done, I was heading home
My Ma and friends I'd missed and Tige my dog
Served my three years never again I'd roam
I got off...

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I'm twenty seven years old
Not, old by any standard
But, in my world...I'm seven
Seven years removed from an IED
Seven years away from the day that changed...

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Stand at ease soldier, rest your weary soul,
You've served your country, you've walked your last patrol.
Stand at ease soldier, rest your tired paws,
You've saved so...

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His life was madness ... and then it stopped.
Air so thick in weight of night,
to be drafted, wars' jungle so casually dropped,
lone dog soldier on...

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With a wag of tail and tongue bedraggled
dogs drag their owners to frolic off-leash
in parks devoted to dog meets dog dalliance and play.

Despite their authority,...

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There once was a soldier,
So loyal, so brave.
He fought a long struggle,
‘til the end, ‘til the grave.

The struggle went on,
For days, for years.
No end in...

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>I have been married now for forty-nine years, it will be fifty next year In 2017.  I have no regrets.  But there was...

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> have just been sorting out some old papers and guess what I found some old poems.

There talking on the radio

There talking on the radio...

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