Long Casualties Poems
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Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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Categories:
casualties, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...
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Categories:
casualties, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form:
Epic
Categories:
casualties, history, native american,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 106 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Dj Damali : Cruel Ball-- Warriors Vs Black China Men11 am everybody was preped
And in the yard pass the two
Houses waiting and planning for the
Cruel Ball Opposition.
There was Amadeus
DJ Damali Rico Nyaf Justin Jordan
Tanaka Aka Tank Constantino Aka
Tino Ricky and...
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Categories:
casualties, best friend, confidence, dance, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity, all that is -- is over, in the stormy, swarming...
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Categories:
casualties, death, evil, family, fate, life, love, violence,
Form:
Haibun
Hello Bad BoysFINAL EPISODE OF PURE FANTASY
Hello Bad Boys!
The starry, twilight zone high above, this night
With it’s shooting stars, and the moon, so bright,
Looked heavenly, even Venus, was in sight,
It was clear, could see far and beyond
Across...
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Categories:
casualties, earth,
Form:
Free verse
Stolen Illumination of the StarSTOLEN ILLUMINATION OF THE STAR
This journey has not been a fanciful adventure,
we're all settlers in these dynasty of neo-colonialism
united only by what divides us. Victims, yes
victims of civilized inducement,
terms of...
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Categories:
casualties, political,
Form:
Narrative
Jerusalem, the Jugular -2It was not uncommon to discover a missing Brother Legionary
castrated, and decapitated
with a headless eagle carved upon his chest,
don't speak to me of morals and mercy
for I have seen and dealt the damage of rude...
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Categories:
casualties, history,
Form:
Epic
ShadowIt was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl out jogging, with her dog down by the lake
And felt...
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Categories:
casualties, dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Tragic Climates For ComediansIf we invested more educational mentoring time
sharing our own mixed-use and neglectful abuse
poetic wisdom stories,
and less time memorizing exegetical LeftBrain histories,
we might more cooperatively learn to live healthier together
and to internally die less, apart.
An under-exploited...
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Categories:
casualties, culture, earth day, education, health, power, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Charlotte AngelI was a minister of the gospel, very happily living my life for the Lord,
Preaching the Word every Sunday, in the spirit of affinity and accord.
I always knew that I would preach, for I had...
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Categories:
casualties, angel, christian, dream, fantasy, heaven, love, poverty,
Form:
Couplet
My Ancestors EscapePRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My...
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Categories:
casualties, war,
Form:
Free verse
The EulogizerHe’s called the Eulogizer
He reluctantly accepts this moniker as our elder
A name for which he feels disdain
Since it conjures memories of unspeakable pain
He's lost a father, mother, sister and son
His nights sleepless realizing...
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Categories:
casualties, death, eulogy, funeral, grief, military, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
Causualties of WarNone of us live forever were the words I'd often hear.
Words softly spoken from a man I held so dear.
He taught me to be brave and stand for what is right.
He said don't ever give...
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Categories:
casualties, angel, death, health, military,
Form:
Rhyme
Warfare of the WeakCasualties of the aftermath...A Terrorist message, "Not in words"
We 'will' be continually eliminated. Humans nature; Consistent
Disturbs!
Why are we a target? Propaganda...Can deceive
What is it, they 'really' want?...
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Categories:
casualties, allusion, america, humanity, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Victim Or VictorPhoenix and Phoenicia
They had both been victims of their own sad minds stories lost told and untold
narratives to be re-authored livid experience lived in silence meaning smeared in
crusted mud slung in terminal slots shots executed...
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Categories:
casualties, change, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
Vietnam In '68Vietnam in '68
By Franklin Price
08/10/2020
January '68, I arrived at Cam Rahn Bay
Found out this place, in Vietnam, was the best place I could play
Ground bound, in the Air Force, and living on the beach,
On a...
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Categories:
casualties, america, history, war,
Form:
Couplet
Gardner's BeesSchool holidays were testing times for Mum’s with things we done,
when us kids had idle time to chase the values of new fun.
We’d trained our dogs, built bushland huts, chased rabbits; camped at night.
Dipped the...
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Categories:
casualties, growing up, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
CombatI remember that day and never looking back
I said goodbye to my family and grabbed my duffel bag
Im off to be a hero just like my grandfather and my dad
Im going to fight for America...
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Categories:
casualties, america, anger, bereavement, betrayal, bullying, character, conflict,
Form:
I do not know?
Nineteen FortytwoNINETEEN FORTY TWO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
As a young man in Jersey I wanted to be a cop
One sunday morning that dream came to a stop
Our nation had been a victim of a vicious attack
By an aggressive...
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Categories:
casualties, america, december, military, patriotic, soldier, war, world
Form:
Rhyme
Trench Curse 1918TRENCH CURSE 1918
BY
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Patriotic songs give us reason to cheer
Except when “ over there” becomes over here
Mounting casualties are easy to explain
Men on foot crossing open terrain
Synchronized whistles signal the attack
Rise out of...
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Categories:
casualties, world war i,
Form:
Rhyme
A Letter To Mother 1918A LETTER TO MOM 1918
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
At Last Dear Mother, this Nightmare Will Cease
In a Few Short Hours There Will Be Lasting Peace
A Full Armistice Will Go into Effect at Eleven
I Loathe These Soiled...
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Categories:
casualties, corruption, grief, horror, leadership, military, mother son,
Form:
Rhyme
Cadogan PlaceOn this side of the inferno,
A cool breeze gently tugs the sleeves,
Of the man whose plan is to seize,
Just enough children hands to die,
Before the rot of paradox,
Sets in to make him lonely again.
His idea...
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Categories:
casualties, allegory, allusion, art, life, metaphor,
Form:
Blank verse
When I Was Fortysomething 2000sI saw the great con that was Y2K
I saw all the scaremongering go away
I saw in my arms a child I love so
I saw that I did not want to let him go
I saw that...
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Categories:
casualties, history, life,
Form:
Couplet
When I Was Young 1970sI saw one journey end and another begin
I saw my world changed and in a spin
I saw another end - the end of the band
I saw John and Yoko hand in hand
I saw commandos...
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Categories:
casualties, childhood, history, world,
Form:
Couplet