Long No guts no glory Poems

Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed 
   the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills) 
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
   From out of the Valley of Mizpah 
to...

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WELL ME AND BOYS WE’RE SITTING AROUND THE FIRE,
AS ALL GOOD GEORGIA BOYS DO.
WE WERE DRINKING AND LAUGHING AND CUTTING THE FOOL,
AND COOKING SOME GOOD OLD BRUNSWICK STEW.
WELL THE NEXT THING I KNOW AND IT...

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Come With Me To The Point Of No Return, Everything That's Left Is Rage.

I noticed as I walked alone for so long,
The one thing that is no longer expected, for you think I have gone.
Locked...

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I deleted the words before I could say them 
Ate the words before I spat them out
I buried them alive 
Like my heart
I left a tumor in me to encapsulate 
N one day it’ll kill...

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War hell on earth, fire in the skies, rockets bombs, and bullets.
Freedom is on the line and souls get free to roam the skies of heaven or get tortured in the flames of hell.
Democracy and...

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It's a war story. One shot... One kill... No guts, No glory...

Out in some country you didnt know existed. Getting ready to know the mission your gathering your throughts but your minds twisted. Captain tells...

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A tribute to the women and men who fought and died and never received their 
just honors or glories.
   And to the mommas and daddies that lost these children, this is their stories.
To...

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Inspired by Deborah Guzzi's contest
3 poems alliteration, acrostic, and ABC poem together on one page.


Sunshine
Under blue skies
Naked flesh revived
Sensually stimulating
Hours become minutes
Intimate revelation of self
Nap included to ponder the view
Earth to sky

Fake falsies flash and...

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Life seems-like an ever forbidden story {!!!} one day you're happy, the very 
     next...{?}  "You know the story".  Why are we still feeling the wraft of an im-
...

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Penelope’s in a hopeless quandary, backed into a corner.
She enjoyed the flirt of youth. Had no one warned her?
She rejected freedom of reflection. ‘Who’s she? ...not a saint.’
Penelope painted on her face, mirror-perfection - faithfully...

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MAKE A U-TURN AT THE DEAD END

There was blood on the street
On his shirt
And on his shoes
Yet it never made the news

Just another person
Just another tale
Just another sister with a sorry story for sale
A beauty...

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When did we stop
Learning from the pains
Of holy men,
Of scholars’
       Thorny throats 
              With pulsating words...

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BARE FACTS

When did we stop
Learning from the pains
Of holy men,
Of scholars’
       Thorny throats 
              With pulsating...

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Let me tell you about a bold and brave man
he no doubt took the Fatherland by storm
his mighty Afrika Corps never broke form
North Africa The Desert Fox made his stand

chorus

the Fox could never be caught
guts...

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THE BLACK AND BLUE BLUES

There was blood on the street
On his shirt
And on his shoes
Yet it never made the news

Just another person
Just another tale
Just another sister with a sorry story for sale
A beauty bound to...

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This teary feeling
Loiters and lingers
Unconceeding


Stray pieces linger
Eyes with abrupt tears
Sharp sadness loiters


Who are you my dear
To prick memory
For death has left here


Days of history
Etched by blood and sweat
Tell of our story


Odds in a frail bet
You...

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Man. This situation's claustrophobic
I just can't deal with it right now;
I've got no patience to even think,
there's no outlet for what I'm feeling;
If I were a bomb I'd be nuclear
laying waste to everything inside me;

I'm...

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Success  or  Failure’s Failure


Was it success or failure’s failure,
The will to win or a refusal to lose.
No guts, no glory!! – no pain, no gain!!

He stayed the course – unnoticed,
walked early through the...

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" Senses Consensus ... "


Five Fingers and Five Toes
Two Eyes and One Nose
Two Ears and One Mouth
Senses - Figure Life Out

One Backbone, One Brain
Lots of Nerve and Veins
Guts and Glory, Fraction-Rib-Cage
Sum: Muscle and Skeletal-Frame

Take An...

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a criminal guts and glory is,
a celebration of a century
a century is a celebration,
of a century
a century celebrate a criminal,
celebration of a century
guts and glory celebrate a,

criminal guts and glory
glory of a crime is glory’s...

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All I see are flowers in my eyes, 
butterflies flutter in my loins;

My fear is the edge of happiness, 
there is only down once you're up;

The view I see, all hazy at 22000 feet;
But you...

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NO GUTS, NO GLORY

It doesn't pay to be a wimp
You won't get any respect
People will see that you are limp
And you they will reject

But stand up tall, be a man
Be firm, and don't back down
Show...

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