Funny Military Poems

    One day a piper, with stylish intent,
     Wore a tartan kilt, in full regiment.
   ...

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High summer at the Regiment,
Admin Inspection coming around
So they placed a little saluting base
At the edge of the Parade Ground.
A coco matting covered floor
On a...

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Catch 22 was fiction
Appealing to a humour like mine
But there was nothing very funny
About Section 69.

The army ran on regulations.
Obey them and you'd be fine
But,...

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I've met with Major Problem 
To discuss a business problem 
But his brother General Problem 
Was so jealous, it's a problem 
For he thought that...

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Heaven help
The unfortunate bloke
Who got caught
By a big Jim joke

I heard laughing voices and wondered why
Then surfaced from gonk under open sky
Didn’t take very long...

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The morning sun’s oppressive; a nasty b*tch in heat on Rizal Avenue,
Where vendors hawk their cigarettes, baloot, and dog meat barbecue.
The jeepneys buzz the intersection...

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The Cure

They gave me pills today. 
They wanted to give me a shot. 
I took both, 
but now I wonder... Why?

I went by the store,...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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Spaghetti

The meat, 
the cheese,
the sauce.

The smiles,
the laughs,
the wine.

The music, 
the song, 
the moment... 

The vow of forever!

Then...

You and I, 
and the garlic bread!



A. Foster, Ann...

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The Cat

It is late, 
nearly half-past nine. 
You are asleep beside me.
The clock on the wall is too loud. 
I need to buy another. 
This...

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Questions

What defines... success?
Is it how many people you know. 
Is it where you have been, 
or where you will go? 

Is it who you talk...

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U

It is cool here. 
Is it hot there?
You have not written. 
I have not received...
a letter.

Do you think of me?
I remember you. 
I can not...

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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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Popcorn 
stillborn 

Colonel 
kernal

Combat 
dessert

Army 
charming

Uncooked 
good luck
 
quack quack 
says duck

10/12/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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We Are Okay

The heater is running, 
I can hear it's pleasant song. 
Making the house warm. 
We are blessed. 
So many this night, are cold....

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