Art Military Poems

Inspired by the painting 'Portrait of a Man Suffering Delusions of Military Rank' by Theodore Gericault circa 1822 which was painted as a series for...

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Eyes glisten, 
Observing all
Heart rate quickens,
Thoughts coalesce 
Millions of roads
End at the same junction
Ruin and thrill
Please let me off

Expectations arise
Melencholy to the words spoke
Emptiness but...

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War is the art of making a withdrawal at the bank 
With checks written in the blood of patriots 
Spending lives 
Without a care or...

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If I were Emperor of the Mughal Crown in Delhi
British brutality's storm would haven't blown in Delhi

Heaven of the Earth (Kashmir) is bathed in blood...

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Fly high banner into a blue sky. 
Dark reigns again tonight, 
red stars fall burning bright, 
city streets running 
with oil of ruined machines.
Of dark...

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Strong was the art our eyes would steal.

Long was the waiting for hearts to heal.

Meeting in strange and unusual places,

Leathered and crease-worn, fragile faces,

Swirling with...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Tribute poem-

With Promise Of Entry, Elysium
 
Childhood, seeing from afar, candle burning bright
with courage, imagination seeing life through
always and forever the promise, heard each night-
walk...

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Dawn Demure
Dawn December day.
Machine peacefully sleeps.
Slumber banished.
RAF pilot.
Spitfire!
Kept warm, mission time, Norway bound.
Snow, fjords, mountains.
Cockpit, aboard, checks,
rise, feathery clouds.
Recon.
Fine machine, woman.
Precision engine.
Exquisite cameras, spy on...

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Fuse
Milly the mortar bomb went bang! Her little bits of shrapnel sought out flesh. Her blast wave wanted to crush. Her tail fin stuck in...

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Flours

Yes, flowers…
No…not flours…

Yes, flours…
every lovely color, 
every lovely shape.

Cakes made from scratch, 
brought to life with egg and milk. 
Sugar sweet, brown or light…
dusted tops,...

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High maintenance, Lots of patience
                 Trying to stay out...

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I know when you abase me at kunan, was sniffy day for me.
My people at that time were surrounded by threat and poverty.
Know it they...

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All of
I know them
I see them
I break bread with them
Strangers all
Images taped on Stalins wall
Some long gone
Some far far away
Childhood memories choking me
These walls
Slowly crushing...

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Troy, The Defeat, Odysseus Punishment

Apollo, the archer-god, was quite unfair
Slew Eurytus for a vain archery boast
Mortal lives he had so very little care
Sending Greek ships...

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