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Leathernecks Poems - Poems about Leathernecks


Daughter of the Sandman

...Daughter of the Sandman 

War-story woman stands astride 
the country now,
book-store tour bleary now,
author hands aching 
from signing the $20.99
paperback professing her father’s 
Marne Co...
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Categories: leathernecks, america, daughter, father daughter,
Form: Free verse

Kout Gogga Mogga

...we saw nothing
but elbows
and heard the fist pounding 
the skin.
their long black and brown
leather coats hide what they
were doing
the cries of the men
on the ground
could be heard all the ...
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Categories: leathernecks, culture, guitar, music, slam,
Form: Ballad



Lost

...Awaken to sounds of flight, machines in the distance 
Muffled sounds from fire watch
Bellowing to arms to arms
Planes humming, men rising from their slumber

The sky was dark, silhouettes dimmed...
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Categories: leathernecks, dream, memory, soldier, war,
Form: Free verse

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