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Foot Soldier Poems - Poems about Foot Soldier

Premium Member AND SO, IT BEGAN
... England had joined WW II, War declared against Germany All men and women of the age Required for conscription, joined, Bravery had to be shown, Even cowards could not decline. Trembling the......

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Categories: foot soldier, war,
Form: Free verse
One Left Standing
...Written By: D. Collins 12/3/24 There'll be one left standing at the end of the day. The commanding one in each and every way. <>...

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Categories: foot soldier, anti bullying,
Form: Crown of Sonnets



Peace March
...I used to be a foot soldier in my own civil war. I used to be both a cannon and its fodder. It took a lot of killing to bury that old self, still, on occasions, it struggles to escape an old war ......

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Categories: foot soldier, poetry,
Form: Free verse
20 Days
...Without an invite, You took me in, A perfect stranger, Without further ado, You embraced me, An unexpected guest, When I had taken to you, Then I realized, Then I understood, I had a few day......

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Categories: foot soldier, how i feel, sad,
Form: Free verse
Stupid Is All You See
...Teacher sey mi stupid I wonder if a hol' a gun to her head she would still think I am stupid? Because I don't come from upper St. Andrew mi nuh have the right to a good education? Yuh labe......

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Categories: foot soldier, anger, betrayal,
Form: Verse



The Selfish Knight and His Lady
... The Selfish Knight and His Lady Sixteen pieces for me Allotted the same for you But, it always begins with Me first Unless the 'me' is you... Whereupon, like Alice in her checkerboard......

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Categories: foot soldier, romance,
Form: Blank verse
Motion Sickness
... My people love marching! Attending rain dancing parades, doing a bunch of fire-breathing talking Little drummer boys and girls playing foot soldier pretend grown up Just defending the......

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Categories: foot soldier, allusion, culture, leadership, truth,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member In Builda Land
...Once upon a time, in a Kansas City Public School, There was a teacher named Builda. We are all given the same rules. Every year, the principal says, "The first two weeks of school are not for t......

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Categories: foot soldier, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Further Qualities of the King the Thiruk-Kural Lauds: Iramaadchi - Canto 39, K381 and K382
...Further qualities of the King* the THIRUK-KURAL lauds: IRAMAADTCHI - Canto 39, K381 and K382 [*modern-day "kings": presidents, prime and chief ministers, governors, dictators and the like; K381......

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Categories: foot soldier, caregiving, character, leadership, people,
Form: Epigram
And the Colored Girls Sing
...And the colored girls sing (A tribute to Lou Reed) “Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets” Dragging the soul of a contender who painted crooked lines and dotted futures Spinning lies ......

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Categories: foot soldier, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Lackey
... You consider yourself a good, loyal foot soldier, always doing what the big boss tells you to do You're good at taking orders, you're even better at following through If there's a job that n......

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Categories: foot soldier, parody, perspective, truth,
Form: Verse
The Beauty of Combat
...Combat.... though morbid in nature, there is a sense of beauty.... for example - the bullet and it's chamber the slickness of steel, and the power of the trigger which together correlates......

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Categories: foot soldier, beautiful, beauty, death, pain,
Form: Free verse
Guiding Light
...The glow from the fire of your great vision has changed the direction of my soul Once I lacked the will to live and carry on with life Now, a forward marching foot soldier shining a......

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Categories: foot soldier, inspirational, mentor,
Form: Fibonacci
Battle
...Is it quiet enough here in your head? The chaos of the mind has subsided to a dull roar. The battle with self has come to a stalemate. Both sides have withdrawn, not in retreat, but in an attempt to ......

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Categories: foot soldier, angel, conflict, confusion, depression,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Copla Seis: This Bad Guy World
...COPLA SEIS : This Bad Guy World Politicians hatch decisions After much show of bravado : Innate cunning First stage gets set through collusions Actors then strut words with much glow : Only miming ......

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Categories: foot soldier, political,
Form: Didactic

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