Gunner Poems - Poems about Gunner

...Rubbing boys shoulders with sunburn oil. The sun smiles at the pain, the brush of fingers against raw flesh. But like a war wound, those boys be proud. Offer them a salve and they scoff, don......

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...Off to the sea in ships we all go, Untested, but cock sure, as iron to a forge Deck apes, snipes and gunners are we, Salt spray, steam and gun smoke to deal Up early and turning to ‘til late,......

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...If you approach anyone Remember always There is seven metres To be safe From a blade He was a violent offender Who beat his girlfriend often And he broke the law Acts his community would......

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...Fu#king hell, I can’t hear - these screaming shells, this banging everywhere! Jesus Christ I can’t even see the enemy over there! Lock and load, squeeze the trigger and go these streets of brick ......

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...Our Soldier Son 2007 We sat together in the front row At airport gate number five (his father and I), Watching as he paced Toward the exiting corridor. Then at the opening of th......

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...Battalion column coup de grace; It’s what was planned, but didn’t work that way. We’ve bled all our embarrassments At bayonet point and now must cede the day. God damn the blasted cavalry; They’......

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...Wile E. Coyote would wear Acme “floatie” wings so he could swoop from mountain bluffs, but always crashed below to silent puffs. The Road Runner, like a tail gunner, would down Wile E. into t......

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...By degrees is the hard rock Hewn with tired chisel tips, Witnessed by worn-out eyes Above over-taut crimson lips. In teary bits is the banner Minaretted by hands sore, Fatigued by fitful ri......

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...Under The Cover. . You can never ever Tell a book by it’s cover As I was later to discover The Lady in the Nursing home The old man across the way All have a story to tell Hidden away . Som......

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...The Things Never Said The terror… The only things ever said about my daddy’s WWII service were that he’d been to New Guinea where he’d ridden on a truck full of soldiers by a river without a name ......

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...Thoughts streak across my mind. Like the gunner laying out flak. It’s quite the disturbing light show. No peace here. It’s war.......

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...Weekend starts to close And the football shows Lily in her white Invites the gunner for a bite Granted she is one point behind Needs to move up in the line Being very nice gives a goal to ......

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...Foxes being really cute Invaded London not expecting anyone to shoot Playing around On the Emiratis ground Not hearing a hunter’s horn sound Until one gunner left off a shell And a war st......

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...There is a calming sense When flipping a jaded pence A bit coin motion Needing a peaceful mind potion A pound here And a beer Does appear From the dear Working the bar Remembering a......

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...There is rumbling in the skies It’s not thunder Babies sound a chorus of cries Where is mother? They have mastered the drill To take cover Prayer the only sanctuary, they stay still Survive ......

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