Long Blood and guts Poems

 Continued from Part 2 

5. MIDNIGHT DREAMS 
At night the soldiers sometimes dream
of many things which make them scream,
like
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There's an animal deep down inside me, deep in at the depths where my soul lays to rest.
And no, it's not a bunny, or a cute little puppy dog, or even a tiger.
It's more like...

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Memories of a Green Beret

“Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time passing,
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long long time ago,
Where have all the soldiers gone,
Gone to graveyards, every one.
When will they ever learn?
When...

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"Freedom Sees - Part 2"

Platoon magic legion
Hammerheads
beautiful, graceful escorts
leading the way
hear their call, silently swishing
dorsal fins
cutting through the 
fall-out murky pall,
they need no 
blood and guts Burley, 
their seas are pristine
watch their mute scene
unfurling, they...

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A poem by John Nesbitt © 22.11.2013 

I was eighteen years old and wanting to fight 
 I found what I looked for, in bars late at night 
 I took on the big guys,...

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The duality of a man? 

the inner beast of the outer man,
aeons ago were quite unplanned,
the spirit surfer entered a beast,
took control and enjoyed the feast,
when it killed some  beast of prey,
many friends of...

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Darkness Where Now Poe And Raven Reside,
(Part Two)

Song over, Poe told demon band to leave
And then pointed to the now empty stage
Wretched souls, look as thy lost spirit grieves
I present this new contest- all the...

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‘Hey stomach,’ says anus,
‘Would you cut the crap.’
“It’s not me,’ stomach says;
‘I won’t take the wrap.

It’s what they’re eating,
So blame teeth and mouth.
I’m innocent,’ says stomach,
‘For that filth down south.’

Brain has a good laugh
At organ...

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‘Get the motor running head out on the highway looking for adventure’

Well it is only the council road with potholes but Oliver races his pushbike

Walkman headphones sound ‘Born to be wild’ or Attention Deficit Disorder

But...

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When Long Shadows Leave Place Of Their Hidden Abode

When long shadows leave place of their hidden abode
of courageous hearts and great brave tales are told
for within man's savagery lurks souls worth saving
despite enormity of man's...

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Warm Heart Warm Hands

Evening fell with blizzard snow along the lake
It had turned to a thick smooth sheet of ice
Shades of gray black set in with the twilight
Ghost images of swirling snow
Changing forms and shapes...

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Competition is good; but not really, 
because sometimes it can get downright 
silly--like people betting on two homeless 
people fighting over food, betting 
on one, while the other gets booed. 

Like two countries fighting for...

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They like their news delivered intravenously
Nonstop drip of
horrific images pumped straight to the cortex
Ophthalmologically dosed every hour 
Raw footage unedited,
fatal tragic scenes 
unfiltered 
on the television screen
Traumatized survivors giving ghastly, weeping accounts
Macabre absorption byway of...

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Whenever it seems that peace may break out,
Sabres start rattling, and brave leaders shout:
“Are you talkin' to me?” “Are you talkin’ to me?”
And the sh!t hits the fan, so we all can stay free.

God, for...

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Found It Hard To Believe

Backs of others Trump liked to stroke
Sold us down river when we went broke
Went down an avenue to play in a park
Supporters were eaten by a loan shark.

With himself hard time...

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THE MYSTERY OF HUMPTY DUMPTY

Humpty Dumpty was indeed a spy
Whose favorite dish was egg custard pie
He couldn't resist even one little bite
And usually ate a whole pie every night

Yes, he loved egg custard but that...

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I sit and watch the news i get pissed and confused and yes my ego is bruised. Ive worked all my life and i cant hardly support my kid and my wife, I look at...

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Brutus, my slavering Rottweiler, growls
He knows he's tougher than pooches with tails
The long pointed studs on his black leather collar
Are matched by his canines which make poodles holler

The drooling saliva that trails from his jaws
As...

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Imagine that? 
  A disabled homeless man 
 and war veteran is now 
    sleeping on the sidewalk in America; 
 the greatest, richest, most powerful... 

    ...

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Observing Death

Look into the trench when a bomblet falls
Squirms without legs, excruciating balls
It means nothing him squirming, twisting in pain
I eagerly search, to find more of the same.
It’s not a film the loss is real
Surprises...

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In my day there were both good guys, and bad
The good guys always won, and the bad guys had
So when they were captured they went to jail
And justice was always served without fail
That’s how we...

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William Charles Lunalilo
First King, chose by the people
Grandnephew of the Great King, as the people vote, was unanimous
Next year, King Kamehameha the Sixth died of tuberculosis

Hawaiian marriages are coconuts
Apple's eye, orchard nigh--girls uppercuts
Bees concede and...

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As His Young Fan Stood, Terror In His Heart

Coming home from war a different man
his only son, by far his biggest fan.
Yet horror of war deaths in his mind dwell
death of his brothers, war's mad,...

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The pet store is a strange location             
Where snakes run around legless
They literally run the place
Hissing is a form of foreign communication
Translations come...

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God needs your faith
otherwise he disappears behind your eyes
and you both go blind.

There are ancient inspectors looking into
your kidneys and liver.
Their horn-rimmed glasses
peer from under tortoise shells,
they search for any useful ingredients.
The science of looking...

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