Marines Poems - Poems about Marines

What they don’t tell You What the recruiters tell you: “Be all you can be.” “An Army of one.” “Fly high with the Air Force.” “Join the Navy and see the world.” “Be the best. Be a Marine.” “Join the National Guard and get an education and keep your job.” Things recruiters leave out: Watching your friend(s) go home in body bag(s). The dirt and...

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What have we done? What have we said? What’s left to do? When dead means DEAD. Where do they go? Where can they be? Living a life in peace where free means free. Humanity has failed the Afghans and yet The power of the west sits on the hands of intent. Demons hover over their shoulders Demons with the sharpest of knives. If we don’t let...

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White markers salute, forever at Attention, waiting for their flags And flowers, visitors, and friends, Watching over those who sleep, The few, the proud, the souls Who guard Heaven’s Gate. Every May they all get dressed With red, white, and blue and A salute from those who follow. Every November their birthday is Celebrated by past, present And future, a brotherhood known By no other, a family...

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For Those Thrust into War's Maw by Michael R. Burch This poem is dedicated to Harvey Stanbrough, an ex-marine who was nominated for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and has written passionately and eloquently about the horror and absurdity of war in “Lessons for a Barren Population.” No, I will never know what you saw or what you...

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These Boys, Now Men ** They died with pride on a numbered hillside for they were Marines. These boys, now soldiers, taught not meek hand-holders, taught how to fight growing up overnight, these boys, now men. In a pointless strife giving up life these boys, now men. What is now, what was then, Heroes, all of them. ** Written after viewing my first episode being inspired...

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White stars, red and white stripes. Blue for loyalty. Waving in the wind, instilling pride. Reminding us of pledge. Apple pie, Chevrolet, John Wayne. Viet Nam, Gulf War, Freedom of speech, freedom riders, ...

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The brave and the proud, They stand out in the crowd, They protect all our family and friends. Their reputation lives on, The few and the strong, I'm proud to call one of them dad....

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An aspiring marine is assuredly green, but he's not as much green as a drowned marine. Volodymyr Knyr 2014...

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four US marines pissing on the corpses of the “enemy” which in the early 80’s had been supported by the CIA & the ISI--- giving those most radical “65,000 tons of US made weapons & ammunitions by the end of 1987” in the attempt to stop the “evil empire” from polluting others with their crrrrrrrrazzzzy communism--- these four present day pissers serve as a metaphor for america’s treatment of the world as a whole. 1.kill them. 2.piss on them. 3.whine &...

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