Long Comradeship Poems

Alfredo always abhorred angry approaches
After an amigo accosted after an argument
And, afterward, Alfredo abstained arguing,

Because blackening bruises betrayed blather
Berniccio blindly behaved better, bravely
Becoming brotherly before blasting bullies!

Carefully commandeering calmer Carlos,
Claiming cool comradeship courageously
Communicated clever candid...

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The Marvellous Moggy
By Jan Beaumont 

There's something for which most of us all share a great affection 
A thing that's like a living welcome mat
While some like dogs for comradeship and sometimes for protection
A lot...

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Question frequently asked by
those who did not join the liberation struggle


Nothing. When we realized you weren't with us in exile
We invented a rainbow nation but lightning struck it
Shattered it into the trails of our political...

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I.

Conversation comes in polite manners
And natural tones.
We talk;
You of your early mornings
While I of scattering
Thoughts that border on nonsense
Debating with myself on a mind divided.
I babble, distraught;
Should I or should I not
Complement such aspect reserved
For...

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Unter den Linden 


I have a soft spot for the German language
 when a toddler, I had free access to a military camp where they had enormous horses and let me sit on top of...

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Armchair Warriors are watching  
Ever ready to  react and criticise.
They know all the theory but not 
Looked  through a soldier’e eyes.
Young people who were,
For various reasons, willing
To sign away years of life
And...

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friendship, imagery, imagination, inspiration, muse, poetry, word play,

Poetry Soup ©

Posting of one’s poem has come to be an inspiring word play
We’ve read one another’s word/worked poetry world wide
We first draft and so fine-tuned our poems...

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I'm a sad flower
A beautiful mess
A flawed human I guess
But I'm doing my best
To not ruin your expectations
First it was Elepe and fun
Then GAA and pun
Now the fun and pun are gone
There was a time...

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you started like a pin prick to 
my heart, an intravenous bloodline 
saturating my once severed veins. 
after the turmoil we both embraced
we scattered poppies in the wind to 
secure our comradeship. 

a fever rushed...

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A Ring a Ring of Uncertainty 
A pocket full of Poppies 
And love letter good luck charm's 
A Spitfire thrust full throttle 
War chariot for a single brave owner 
History classes will muse about
With only...

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I have felt the sun come burning,
O'er the sands of Africa,
I have climbed the steps,
Marked by the hand of time.

I have sailed along the river,
The ancient river Nile,
And have walked the route of soldiers
Mile by...

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And then she came
The Angel of the seven skies,
Through the eyes of blue
She summoned the tales of truth and lies.

What you seek, she asked
	Wealth or wisdom?
Comradeship of the Cosmic,
	Or the throne of the dark kingdom?

Time...

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A Tear for Don

I still shed a tear over you, Don,
I wish you were still here, alive.
Remember the day we first met, Don,
A pair of young schoolboys aged five?

Remember how we were like brothers, Don?
The...

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In this role I have an relationship
 In this role also a just close relationship
 There’s an  attachment, mutual attachment
 There’s an association and I want nothing in return for it
 In this role...

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The rangy longhorns were rounded up and tended to.
Over the Colorado plains a fearsome blizzard blew!
'Twas Christmas Day!  The cowpokes paid no mind to the storm,
As they huddled 'round the potbellied stove all snug...

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Disciplined organised and full of stout,
Marching in formation to the General's shout,
Holding their swords and weapons at the ready,
An elite told to stand steady,
For little be known for the evil this legion die to protect
A...

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Enjoying an appealing repartee
Over scones and a cup of tea
Belching whilst cooking
Avoiding chronic particles from choking

Comradeship amongst landed gentry and friends
It all makes faultless sense
Avoiding topics that’s nonsensical
Keeping a lid on emotions and remaining sensible

Being...

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The siren wailed
The time for killing
Had begun
Let us board our choppers
Go to war
Finish it
Until it is done
 
I cannot hide 
My dread
For, I knew the odds
So many of my friends...
Are dead
 
Will this be me?
I...

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Asleep on the bed
your new arms and legs
placed neatly on the chair by your side.
I see your eyes moving rapidly
testifying to the horrors
that are still alive in your head.
How can I tell you
that all that...

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Suppose I tell you all my innermost secrets
Lay my soul bear before you without fear,
Will you respect what confidence merits
Consider the trust I placed in you as dear?

Knowing I have shared with you my hurt
Suppose...

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The dusts have my faith in you sagged,
Simply on fake comradeship dragged;
Everything now A Big Fool’s Risk,
Smiling back A Big Asterisk…

Chats which last week smoothed my brow
Now what I fear could yield a row
With the...

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The noise of battle raged all around
distant guns, the smell and the sound
mingled with fear, lost hope and death
scars on the wounded- those who are left

The young, the old, forgotten men
lie in the earth, graves...

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Much is said about friends and friendship
Pages are written extolling this kinship
No doubt it is a valuable relationship
When, it surely endures all the hardship.

Friendship is sacred, it is but hallowed
Friends are more than those revered
It...

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We hunted together
with comrades I went to jungles
the desired beast I spotted
intelligence I provided
weapons too I advised on
a big game we tracked and killed

But when the game lay on grass
each hunter with knife in hand
sliced...

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What is our life but a short-term existence on earth
Quite temporary from the beginning to the end,
In the grand scheme of human affairs from our birth
Could our purpose be to find comradeship or blend?
Still, there...

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