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Emplacements Poems - Poems about Emplacements


War Mechanic
...War came. How could it not? Bringing many things especially death. They wanted to knock Turkey out of the war. One ally less for Germany. Many events happened. Some were firsts. All included death.......

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Categories: emplacements, conflict, military, tribute, war,
Form: Free verse
Mad Anthony's Masterstroke, Part I
...In May of seventeen seventy-nine Henry Clinton was having a hard time, so tired of the rebels still fighting, had to somehow get Gorge Washington out of the looming Hudson Highlands, and then fo......

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Categories: emplacements, america, conflict, courage, hero,
Form: Epic



Premium Member The Murderous Run To Safety
...As we climbed down the nets Into the landing crafts Veterans of theatre With a mixture of drafts In the distance through the spray We could sight foreign lands Normandy it is After many mont......

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Categories: emplacements, history, hope, life, loss,
Form: Rhyme
My Return To Normandy
...High on the Normandy cliffs Looking out over Pointe du Hoc As cold Atlantic winds whisper out The names of the brothers I left behind Now only fine marble monument shadows Dot the trenches and e......

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Categories: emplacements, brother, death, history, introspection,
Form: Elegy

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