Soldier Mom Poems

   My father, a WW2 vet
   My mother too
     On Veterans Day they first met

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Just One Of Those Things
David J Walker

The boxes of wide mouth Mason Jars 
Still stood stacked in the back of the
Garage in neat racks of...

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Welcome home the family has missed you                        Dad come down now    ...

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Perennial grace belongs to my mother
Stunned to look at her charm shower
Evergreen pose has stories plentiful
Of kid, war and life blissful
Lotus gives its glorious presence
Rosy...

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Besides being a wife to soldier
She nurtured life skills in her daughter
How to overcome odds and upsets 
Only to reach the collosal heights
Trained her doting...

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WORLD WAR 11 THROUGH THE EYES OF MY MOM
POEM NO. 1 OF TRILOGY

World war 11 was nearing its end, 
The Nazis losing ground
In Russia, been...

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What did you just say?
(Roar of Guns)
It would hurt my Heart!
(Roar of Guns)
Pick another Career.
(Roar of Guns)
This one I Fear.
(Roar of Guns)
Just stay Here!
(Roar of...

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When you ask 'soldier 
what he fights for, it is not 
apple pie and dear 
old mom, nope this is what he 
fights so hard...

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Conditioned to be concealed
A boy and his visage shield 

Anxious, scared, ashamed
A loser he self-proclaimed

A guardian, an angel, a mom
Angelic and motherly and calm

Confident, smart...

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Gathered as usual to celebrate the mothers day
One by one the children went up to say 
Just how much they loved their mom
While they call...

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My mama, my soldier
my comfort, my shoulder
to cry on, my boulder
I rely on I've told her
 
Nothing can replace the person that created you
someone there...

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People were
Many things.
Strange or not

People were
Different and
Odd and fun.

People were
Monsters but…
That’s not all

People were
And still are
Strange and odd.

People are
People. For
life is life. 

Yet not.
Not is...

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Locked tight yet always near 
ready for when I need. 
A memory that I can reach
that I can quickly find. 
A treasure that all of...

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'Twas just him and his thoughts in that cold and lonely hole,
Awaiting the sergeant's dreaded muster to begin the night's patrol.
For days the weary soldier...

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Happy Birthday mom, another year older.
More wiser, you are my soldier.

All the years, along the way.
You continue to love me come what may.

I don't know...

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