Soldier Joy Poems

Who writes lovely poems
extracting buried words
from profound feelings,
or even deft thoughts?

Have mourners listened
to an epitaph and cried?
Have good mothers read
a nursery rhyme to a child?

The...

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He will destroy all bad things,
and replace them with blessings;
were you born in the North or South?
Know yourself and restore your worth!

Live each minute for...

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The earth is thy battlefield and I have a calling to be a soldier,
the weapon of the spirit is accessible to face the future even...

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A misfit among misfits 
Away from family and friends
Wondering was I wrong and
Is this how the adventure ends.
Had I chosen the wrong course 
Leaving my...

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T'was in the 1960s in South Africa. There was a brand of sweets that fascinated us young ones. Inside the pocket of sweets were toys...

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Early in the morning
Before the dew begins to dry
I find myself discerning
The wonders of my heart’s wealth,
Jesus Christ, my greatest blessing

As I read through a...

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Birth of a nation birth of a child
Celebration tears from soldier proud
He can be her she can be the
All tears of love in the infantry

My...

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Naaman was a brave and courageous soldier
No man could beat him but leprosy was no man
He could not defeat this invisible enemy
with his sword or...

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1980 Something

Yesterday... 
Bell bottoms, 
and soldier pants, 
Rock n roll, 
like army ants!

Dittos, and Op. 
Style and fashion, 
disco and pinball
it was a passion.
 
The...

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Easter has a deeper significance:
it's the resurrection of the sacrificed Lamb,
after Lent, there's no penance;
Christ is that lamb taking sins away,
all we have to do...

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Welcome home the family has missed you                        Dad come down now    ...

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For a long time, the northern sea unleashed fear in the hearts of the residents living close to the coastline. The hazardous hurricanes of war...

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The stalwart soldier in my kitchen forever stands.
Faithful, diligent and ready, at my commands.

He wears a maroon uniform and keeps me comfortable.
Be it sunshine or...

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I, to the pasture's green could run, 
and fly a kite beside the sun,
but choose, I do, to linger still, 
among the dirt, what is...

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Real Men

Bigger than life, 
the man I married, 
is/was everything and more, 
I thought before, 
I said I do. 

He took care of his family,...

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