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Ability And Desire
Ability And Desire
Miracle Man
3/15/2024
When in his youth he was filled with desires,
now sometimes his age causes him to digress.
To do youthful things he no longer aspires,
but today his thoughts are difficult to express.
He...
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Categories:
age, desire, military,
Form: Quatrain
Longest Day 6 June 1944I’m just an old man in a blazer
Here to try and tell the truth
About that longest longest day
That brought an end to my youth.
No heroic thoughts as
I struggled up the sand
Into the chaos...
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Categories:
history, memory, military, war,
Form: Rhyme
Paid In LivesThe white dove is always covered in blood
The olive branch is laced in thallium
The broken gun is used as a dagger
And the paper crane is burning in the fire
The sins of the...
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Categories:
military, conflict, endurance, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
FBI FRAUDAs i reported my stalker and identity thief 2002 to the FBI she began climbing into my window for poetry my grandfathers world war 11 medal information this resulted in her arriving with a gunman...
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Categories:
anxiety, family, hurt, military,
Form: Free verse
Mike Parke Eulogy 2011It is with great sadness we say goodbye.
To a truly smashing real good guy.
His name is Mike Parke who was our boss
The whole of 202 now feel lost.
He leaves behind his good lady.
The one we...
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Categories:
bereavement, cancer, military,
Form: Free verse
Yankee Doodle
In 1755 a British army medical surgeon Richard Shuckburgh, while campaigning in
Rensselaer New York, penned the nursery rhyme Yankee Doodle. This was used to mock
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Categories:
independence day, military, nursery
Form: Rhyme
White Stones Silento the vast lawns of white stones silent....as a sparrow
tends her new clutch
only in engraving they speak soldier's names....and
the wars they fell in
men and women of brave....as the bugle weeps in
taps too young in sleep
hearts...
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Categories:
military, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Monoku
Young BoysYoung boys, they’re so damn reckless,
they talk they'll go to war.
Living in a dream world of old war movies,
and actor hero they adore.
All say they don't mind dying.
For their country, they'd gladly fall.
For such a...
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Categories:
age, boy, military,
Form: Free verse
THE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA versionTHE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA Version
Beach Omaha
At Omaha an old man stands and limps down to the shore,
Where on this sand he crawled and ran...
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Categories:
military, america, beach, conflict, history,
Form: Rhyme
Dedicated To Those Who Served
Dedicated To Those Who Served
And Those Who Prayed
Miracle Man
2/10/2024
We can’t undo one thing we have done,
at best, we can try to make amends.
Things once seen can’t be unseen, not one.
once filed in our past that’s...
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Categories:
courage, military, war,
Form: Quatrain
BattlefieldRunning towards danger
Never giving up
Never backing down
Beside me mighty warriors fall
Wounded soldiers crying out in despair
The enemy’s blood on my hands
I give a mighty roar
Faster and faster I run
Never giving up
Never backing down
Bombs bursting above...
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Categories:
military,
Form: Free verse
Twinkling Star of MontsegurBeneath stars twinkling
Sophia and Christ flew down
In the form of birds
In the form of large vultures
Vultures filled with grace
Vultures from the Great Mountains
The Mountains of Snow
They both perched...
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Categories:
military, history, hope, in memoriam,
Form: Choka
American VeteranIn peacetime, in wars, you stood tall,
you matter to God, to us, you gave all.
American veteran, come home from PTSD,
dreams of the courageous gifted to the free.
We want you to know we care,
You were the...
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Categories:
military, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My son the freedom fighter
Categories:
heart, military,
Form: Monoku
A Flock of Startled BirdsA Flock of Startled Birds
He had sat for an hour on a long, low, flat rock,
He had checked himself over from bald patch to sock.
His leather shoes burnished to a mirror-like shine,
Tie ironed flat –...
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Categories:
military, depression, memorial, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
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