War Father Poems

When the door's open, like a lady in waiting I tip my hat as she beamingly frets.
As I glimpse into the way she brings, the...

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It was a crisp day October 27th 1942 
that's when my pop set out for WW11
right after my grandmother Nona
gave birth to my dad orders...

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20th Century
David J Walker

Grandfather
	Father and 
Each father’s son
All went to war
	One by one
But no one was left
	When the fighting was done
At the end of the...

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The brave son goes off to war
     visions of victory in his eyes

   His father mouths a tender goodbye
...

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In this river we drown in light
A doorway blocked from me
Yet open to dry eyes

I can only hear your hands
Clutching that splintered wood as water
Rushes...

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Many times, I stared at it from my bedroom. Every time I looked at it, it sent chills down my spine, and it rose the...

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Fists so clenched
Face so red
Spit hitting my face
Was it something I said

I shouldn’t have touched your books
You’re worthless
You’re nothing
But I just wanted to look
You’ll never...

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She was five when she was set down for a talk. Don't walk alone in the dark, keys between your knuckles, don't let them take...

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I am taking a trip to an antique store,                ...

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I can never comply with fastidious hygiene

Try as thee most persuasive person might,
he/him, she/her,
they, them... can never wean
yours truly always objected
being told when to bathe/shower
particularly...

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Average affluent Almost Afternoon 
11:30 morning time.  Damian was
Still asleep as were DJ and 
Amadeus. Molly and Dolly were 
In the kitchen planning Barrington...

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I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                 ...

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The pair of a straight brave birth
That twice gives maternal mirth,
The victory screams louder
And bigger baby powder!

No more held as mystery
While pairs still make history,
Their...

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The Father Shepherd of all I pray he furthers his embrace upon the entire human race Amen!


4/14/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
from...

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Buried so long in rules and obligations
To the earth, the roots have worked. 

Every time a raindrop falls on a petal,
It finally finds the earth
But...

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