Safe In Our Beds
...Diminished
but ennobled,
the soldier came home
his two limbs
traded for the
sanctuary
of a deeper peace
Broken
in completeness,
his braces held proud
each battle
medaled
in the memory
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Categories:
medaled, courage,
Form: Free verse
Good Soldiers
...On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel,
Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
O sun, stand still over Gibeon,
O moon, over the Valley of Aija...
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Categories:
medaled, bible,
Form: Tanka
Soldier's Cadence
...'Soldier's Cadence'
A father's pride, a mother's delight, life progresses
Elastic hugs, warming comfort, floating dark.
Dreamy days, muted sounds, soft caresses.
Pushing throbbing, urgent c...
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Categories:
medaled, wargraduation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Rouche
...Victorious Orchard {of} Filled {in} Oblivion,
My lined
Bitter Fountain {of} drowned Light
{in} soft trantrum.
Loafing Homeland
of Marble Smut.
Your
Closed eyes smelling weeping
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Categories:
medaled, devotion, faith, life, love,
Form: Free verse