Prayer Memorial Day Poems

"...that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously
on the field of battle".  Letter To Mrs. Bixby, President Abraham Lincoln.

In 1864,...

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God Bless those men and women who serve our nation in her arm forces
God have mercy for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice
Memorial Day we...

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Sing Broken Beyond Mankind


because I speak


                IN   

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bagram airfield july 2010

hushed ether of morning
huddled guardian warriors, arms aligned
early call to prayer sounds the blood to chill
arrives the entry check point white linen...

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Athenian Epitaphs

Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato

Does my...

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it is tonight
an ambling gale most serious
chewing through orchard husk
to focus the locusts shrieking 
themselves lost but by their own
skittish clamor
and crepuscular chorus
hollow for the...

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When the sirens wail
A memory’s restored
Of the millions lost
That by God were so adored.

Senseless slaughter
Beyond belief,
Only Satan’s plotter
Could crave this untold grief.

The years have passed,
Generations...

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My sergeant said you've been trained well you know what to do
Your assignment an ambush, do not return until the sky is blue.
We gathered our...

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Today we do not honor hamburgers or franks
Today we offer thanks
For those who died or were maimed
To fight against evil or whatever it's named
To fight...

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Under the heavenly stars, our children 
Lay inside our hearts, on raw emotions,  
sleeping with threadbare nights of pain,
Watch dark clouds making daily devotions....

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ANOTHER MEMORIAL DAY

I think of those who lost their lives on battle fields below
And how we ought to pay respect and to them honor show.
And...

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Memorial Day Tribute

Memories of the Men and Women, who served,
Emotional tributes so well deserved.
Moments of solitude with thoughts preserved,
Outpours of love so vividly observed.
Revolutions of...

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A street lamp illumines our rain soaked flag
as soft filtered shades of red white and blue
try to let sparkles of light glisten through.
Peace fills the...

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Lover, lover
Return to me
Of you I can only dream
Don't let my heart
Break on it's seam
Don't let the enemy
Steal my dream

Lover, lover
Please be safe
Remember the life
That...

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"They don't need your thanks, your picnics or parades, Makes me sick to my stomach when I see such charades. A moment of silence with...

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