Categories:
firemen, fire, sorrow,
Form: Other
Tinderbox
Autumn's at the mercy of unscrupulous wildfire
A tornado igniting forest walls with leaves aswirl
Flames of colors rare radiant orange sapphire
On glowing wind-borne embers storm, they twirl
October fires, dubbed the season of the witch
Destroying two hundred thousand acres in route
An unmerciful fate leaving a scarred barren ditch
Fierce arid gusty storms are furnaces in this drought
An exploding
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Categories:
firemen, fire,
Form: Sonnet
Three Firemen
It is late at night- we three sit alone-
That is my two brothers and me.
We hear sirens- and automatically think-
Let’s play firemen.
We put on our gear and head towards the fire-
It’s cold and windy- the fire is ablaze-
We hear cries mingled with the roar of the wind.
The building is tall- the windows are
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Categories:
firemen, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Light Verse
Selfless Life Savers
choke
rescue
cpr
emergency
selfless and true blue
firefighters
emts
saving
me
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Categories:
firemen, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Ninette
Emergency Medical Service Workers
Where are you going? The EMS workers are wondering
As a thousand screaming people run out
The EMS is running in
What can we do to help? The EMS workers are asking
Helping each other triage, in every way possible.
Children are being spoken to in soft voices as
Other EMS are putting sheets over their parents' bodies
All working together
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Categories:
firemen, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Firemen
Firemen
Answering bells
Saving many lives
Joyous Families are alive
Thank God
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Categories:
firemen, dedication, emotions,
Form: Cinquain
Firemen
Firemen
Serve
Bravely
Fighting flames
Risking their lives
Facing dangerous infernos of death.
Families fear as firemen save lives
hellholes raging
destroying
blazing
death.
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 17, 2010
Poetic form: Tetractys
Dedicated to firemen around the world. But particularly to my son-in-law, Steven Collins,
who has risked himself and saved others. I love you for your valor and because
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Categories:
firemen, angst, dedication, life, on
Form: Tetractys
The Firemen
The alarm goes off, you are called away
To save lives is instinct to you from day to day
It is sad to see such losses
But you as the fireman insists it is about the caring and its causes
So you don your equipment and man the hose
This is something you love, not something you chose
What a selfless
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Categories:
firemen, dedication, devotion, work,
Form: Ballad
The Bravest:: Firemen
anybody with any sense is just trying to get out
a building is on fire and the smoke is pouring out
but the ones they call the bravest are simply rushing in
to save the life of anyone who is still trapped within
firemen to them it's not just a nine to five
unselfish and dedicated men and women who
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Categories:
firemen, inspirational, passion, people, urban,
Form: Epic