Long Recruiter Poems

It's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.

I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.

A veteran,
about...

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Many blessings after all these years i got refunded for the days I worked 1997 I left a job at the BX i left in great standing actually they owed me six days pay by...

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AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO 8 CHILDREN 
ACTUALLY DELIVERING MY GRAND SON 
IN TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL WOW WHAT 
A BLESSING ONE THING FORSURE VISITING 
HOURS AND NOT TO MENTION ALWAYS ONLY 
TWO FAMILY MEMBERS EVER ALLOWED...

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My journey of wearing wires pregnant for the federal bureau of investigations buying weapons and drugstores from killers gang leaders most of corrupt cops selling drugs and working security for gangs committing violent crimes fir...

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I told the nun in charge
of Religious Education
If asked about sexual orientation
I will say
I'm gay.

I want to teach
deep listening learning
not how not to lie.

She wonders why
such forthrightness
feels so important
Are you a recruiter
for gay pride?
Are you...

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I became familiar with intriguing chow in the army mess,
Tho' I savored their chipped beef and gravy I must confess!
But some of their culinary efforts left in my mind some doubt,
That my wily recruiter didn't...

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a one against all iconoclast
eat my shorts was his hello
after being driven from the village
by the Iceberg Clan physical therapists
and their dictatorship of deduction
a mere fascination with the grotesque
boasting an indignant moral high ground
their vast...

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A hundred-ten year old soldier was interred in Arlington Cemetery today.
Corporal Frank Woodruff Buckles now sleeps nigh his comrades in sacred clay,
Awaiting that glorious morn when Gabriel's bugle will sound that final call,
To fall in...

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Yorkshire, 1914
I patch mended her copper saucepan,
Edged an axe, two cleavers and a knife.
I did all the jobs that were required.
By this comely young farmer’s wife.
She served me a platter of rare beef
With chunks of...

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When I joined the Army - it was not by my desire.
Blinded by his love and charm - I jumped into the fire.
I had recently lost my Grandma - my will was easy enough to...

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REFLECTIONS
Dr. James E. Martin

The year was nineteen sixty six,
I decided it was time for a major fix.
The war in Viet Nam was going strong,
I knew that for me it wouldn’t be long.

School deferment would soon...

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WHERE FREEDOM FINDS THE FIRE-Screwed XIII Contest
Sponsor: Rob Carmack

The liberation that resides within burning flames,
creates a disaster of unknown soldiers with no names.
Emancipation of nightmares turning into reality,
such trauma on the front line without any...

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Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter
Instagram, tinder and flickr
Our addicted life keeps getting bigger

Traveling the tubes of our online existence
Going the distance
Using our online assistance

Addicted to likes
Trolling at night
Swiping right
Watching followers start to spike

Thousands of friends
With messages...

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As a former executive recruiter, I used to hear about some incredible things that applicants have said on job interviews.  A few of them are a bit 'spicy' to list here, but here are...

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The saving of lost souls.
   That should be every Christians’ goal.
Bring them to the Lord one by one.
   Till this earthly battles done.
Teach them of our Saviors love.
   Tell...

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More Potential Limericks

Effective, live, give
Related, created, dated
Contemplated, illustrated, annotated
Realize, chastise, surmise
Talented, Sainted, painted, fainted
Proportion, distortion, contortion
Humongous, among us, fungus
Incantation, contemplation, situation
Intend, extend, suspend, upend
Support, escort, retort
Harmonic, Teutonic, tonic, bubonic
Criticize, realize, surprise
Limerick, pick, edict
Tutor, suitor, refute...

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We were the barrel bottom feeders, we were barely eighteen
We had no chance nowhere else ‘til we were issued a used dream
We sat with our recruiter while he gave us his spiel
He said, “Now listen...

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More Magnificent Horn Senryu

has been a big mass
of those who are in a class
where they all will pass

daughter is cuter
her father is a tutor
also recruiter

dad is a buddy
both together will study
things may be muddy

when a...

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Talked to my recruiter
Felt it was my duty sir

Raised my hand said yes I can
Be a great American

Sent me off to boot camp
Sargent treated me like crap

Never got to thank his Mom
The one who raised...

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You couldn't begin to imagine the pain that I obtain from your absence,
Trying desperately to find the words, and yet my voice remains absent,
Visuals of what you are only witnessed within my computer,
My heart searches...

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Who is this man I gave my heart to
I really thought I knew
He came in as image that
I would never deny
now all I ask myself is why

Why did you let him 
play you as his...

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They come from 
many lands 
   to attend the rather large 
Spring postcard show 
   of 
   the 
 Metropolitan Postcard Club 
   Plenty of cards with...

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Kitty was sitting on my old computer monitor,
Where it is warm, cozy and oh - so popular.
She keeps an eye for the birds on the porch,
Always on the lookout, she’s my torch.

She then jumps down...

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Being a poet means (of course ) that I am not rich 
So I headed off to the food stamp office 
Across form me while I wait 
  are 3 females 
One is a...

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They say the journey to adulthood is supposed to be a slow coming of age process that allows the time to contemplate what role we’ll play in our future. We check off all the options....

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