Long Serviceman Poems

One hundred years since the end
No veterans left to befriend 
A war that saw many losses
We now remember with poppy crosses

They fought in trenches side by side
Even fought as their comrades died
Over the top when...

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(Soliloquoy : An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.)


Mark a book, book a mark.

Not every household has the same pattern...

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There‘ll be black humour today,
Gentle ribbing, banter and jokes, 
Stripping away of egos, repartee
Among our mixed group of folks.
Bruising conversations maybe,
But in a non malicious way.
No place for the thin skinned
That’s just not how we...

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There are people with this condition
And many people are not aware
This is not mental sub division 
Join me and show you care

They suffer from sleepless nights
But they are not insomniacs 
They remember flight or fight
Join...

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There once were two Sam's
who met by chance cycling a path
where friendships were cast
dwelled by plenty, the old Garden Valley
down in the valley green grass still grows
Sideaway at 69th all the way to 79th
Sam the...

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HOMESICK

I used to go away to camp and have a lot of fun,
But I was glad when I came home and that long week was done.
For often I would think of home and Mom and...

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THE SULLIVANS, 1942
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS




It was a cold  blustery day in Waterloo
An Iowan winter with not much to do
A silent military mission was underway
Three warriors  here with a chilling say

Can you point the...

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My name is Pérola, born among thorns beneath steely rocks
By the great Bay, where its sons harvest fish for the government mint against their sweat
The teacher points at my eye for its vile afloat

My grandfather,...

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arrive in morning
   descending gloom 
inboxes full 
    deadlines loom 
    
insufficient wage 
   big workload 
crazy colleagues 
   boss a rogue ...

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All the bigwigs in our village
Took refuge in the mercy
Of Fortune.

It came to such a situation that
If we locked our house and left,
Before we reached the goal,
At least ten fifteen Fortunes
Would come looking for us.

I...

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We called it Decoration Day
When I was just a kid
And up ‘til now, I never knew
Exactly why we did.

I always thought that it referred
To stripes that soldiers earned
Or stars and bars for officers, 
But that’s...

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A brave young soldier died,
killed in Afghanistan.
And he'll be interred as
an honored serviceman.

He was placed in harm's way
by those he defended.
And far from family
his shortened life ended.

He was a patriot,
a man of strong morals.
He shunned...

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Plaited and curled as rolls
Protecting and strengthening as house poles
Arrangements made and broken
Neighbor's hair to be my token
Weekend is near and the hair is new
Neighbors gather to curl it as a crew
Shame is gone and...

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Plaited and curled as rolls
Protecting and strengthening as house poles
Arrangements made and broken
Neighbor's hair to be my token
Weekend is near and the hair is new
Neighbors gather to curl it as a crew
Shame is gone and...

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