Beach Military Poems

I’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...

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THE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA Version
			
				       Beach Omaha	

At Omaha an old man stands and limps down  to...

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Trash day oh how I miss LSD

Well, Is there a prepare to purpose
Safe in the arms of my mom
Scripted in the arms of a lady...

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starlight and raven waters....silence white of eyes
shadows nearing shore...

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Our Many Military Memories

Many military memories were made,
And into past, none of them will fade,
Lasting forever which was day by day;
Even after they have passed...

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As a Navy Veteran,
I salute you all.
Brave women and men,
That answered the call.

From Soldiers on the beach,
To Flyers in the air.
One lesson they would teach,
May...

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One vote by itself seems less than a wonder
for history is a much larger thing – millions
of nays, millions of yeas, to suggest one small...

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Freedom 

I can go outside. 
I can go inside. 
I can climb a mountain, 
or swim in the sea. 

Freedom. 

I am free....

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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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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My sporting parlay tickets are locked away 
In the draw where they will stay 
Due to a bug  
That stopped the world from giving...

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Some came by air
Some came by sea
They fought and died
So we could be free

The 6th of June 1944
Normandy a place in France 
Operation Overlord or...

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torrid beach love scene
Frank Sinatra's Maggio-
Pearl Harbor attack






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Hollywood Haiku" via wattpad.com...

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Brisk beach winds spray
Specks of sand in the air
Perched in regal pose patiently
A squadron of Royal Terns
Take their posts in the 
Bird formation on whisking...

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INSIDE D DAY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


The weather is really lousy rained all day
I’m so nervous and edgy, I’m learning to pray
We are prepped and ready to...

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