Gene Pool
...Peter William Johnson – X
Really loved the joys of sex
First experienced at seventeen
Not the youngest there’s ever been
But by the time he was twenty one
Peter William was dead and gone
Just...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
infantryman, conflict, death, fate, sad,
Form: Rhyme
No Man Left Behind
...Beating a hasty retreat
Infantry overwhelmed
By a barrage
Of unremitting enemy fire.
Down goes
One of the brotherhoods of war,
Fatally wounded,
Exsanguinating;
Body riddled with bulle...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
infantryman, death, friend, hero, imagery,
Form: Narrative
An Infantryman
...anchored to the ground
like strong, unmovable faith...
his patriotism
MagiCicada 13 or 17 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy (Winner...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
infantryman, faith, patriotic, soldier,
Form: Senryu
To Reach and Touch You
...Worlds apart, a newlywed
infantryman in the trenches pens
a missive to a wife he left behind
and this is what he had to say....
"My Dearest,
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
infantryman, adventure, endurance, love, soldier,
Form: Free verse
Missing In Action
...Private O'Toole was only eighteen when he marched off to war.
He glanced back to see his tearful Mother standing in the door.
Across the way he heard the mournful wail of the midnight train,
Waiti...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
infantryman, death, war, mother, mother,
Form: Rhyme
An Old Soldiers Advice
...He served with valor in the World War Two and Korean wars,
Earning The Combat Infantryman Badge for storming foreign shores.
Now that his grandson had volunteered to serve his nation,
The old sold...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
infantryman, lifemay, Grandson,
Form: Rhyme