Nam Poems

SAT NAM

SAT NAM 

I am rose in sunlight breathing 
               Buddha in middle of balm bathing 
beckoning my Heart leavening lively 

I am a loop in Love cathedral of pure 
           

Viet Nam A Love Song

Too far across the sea
in a place I'd rather not be,
on the winds of war ...
another day slips into forever.

I keep my head low,
pray Charlie doesn't know;
once again I'm running for cover.
The napalm flames get higher,
like an effigy on fire ...
burning down my high school memories.

I wonder if love still resides
in the places we used

Soldier Returns From Viet Nam

Gary returned to his small town with a plate in his head.
He had been bright but was not quite that much now.
A gung-ho soldier who had survived a year in Nam.
He spent the next year painting his car red white and blue.
He drove pretty girls around in parades after that.
A changed man, a soldier, who

Act of Kindness

A pretty girl
Posting a letter
In November

Sending it to young soldier
The wind sent her skirts swirling
Expectations were in the air

No one would ever know
How much this act of kindness would mean
To a soldier in Viet Nam on his last day

Viet Nam

He dreams day dreams of horror.
He could be anywhere,
But in his mind he’s instantly
Back inside that village there.
He hears those jungle sounds
Again and again and again,
Just one of that platoon of
Tired and frightened men.

He smells again that smell;
Napalm that kisses and clings,
Turning living feeling bodies
Into writhing screaming things.
He senses again the movement
At the very edge

A Soldiers Soldier

Soldiers Soldier
David J Walker

That Facebook picture I posted is a 
Perfecting likeness 
of the way I remember you

A soldiers-soldier
1st Sgt  …  Top
The N C O I C for all occasions

Checking beds &
	Checks heads
Checking to make sure we were
Present in the present 

And dressed as the best 
dress right dress soldiers 
The early morning

A Poem - Viet Nam

A Poem [ Viet Nam]
                                   By Patrick Kelly

 The last minutes of evening yields to the moon’s shadowed night,
 giving me

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

Lotus sutra bliss
Void between two lotuses 
Shines within our heart 

14-April-2021

Death Was An Awakening

Yes death was an awakening 
We did not realize we carried it with us
Until our smiles were wiped clean
And the laughter had stopped

It did not take long.
Vietnam was life game changer
We had been thrust into jungles
As GI Joe’s, ready to kick some butt

Instead, we were the ones being kicked.
As trigger explosions were going off and

Viet Nam, 1966

steamy jungle
  dense undergrowth
viny overgrowth
  thickets abound --
monkeys chatter
  foretelling doom
snakes hissing
  eerie sirens --
bamboo sticks
  in the ground
spiked with poison
  puncture unsure feet...
all to protect
  an unseen enemy
raining bullets down 
  from nowhere    

~ Viet Nam, 1966 ~

Words To a Viet Nam Vet

viet nam is happening
his leg is gone
i am sorry i say
and thank you
for your sacrifice
it is not enough
but it is all i have

Viet Nam - 1967

Watching the lushness pass below me
Rivers lazy, paddies verdant
Crater ringlets there to show me
Wanton murder too often fervent
  
Young men dying, futures slaughtered
An idiotic, absurd endeavor
Unborn sons and unborn daughters
Our loss, their loss, gone forever

Who remembers, who considers
Those whose dreams that ended there?
Souls for sale to highest bidders
My soul, their souls, shared despair 

Time

1969 Was a Sad Year

1969 was a sad year for those aware of Viet Nam
We were seventeen and eighteen
It was in the news but what did it have to do with us?
Our love was intense
He wore white jeans that made me wild
He knew it, so he wore them often
Driving me crazy

Nothing else mattered, nothing else mattered
We thought no one

Vietnam Was In Full Swing

It was the early 70's 
Viet Nam was in full swing.
Tommy fell out of his seat in class,
Amusing us, making us laugh
"Even the army would not take you," a teacher said.
Making us laugh harder
For that was when the draft was in full swing also.

Tommy called his mother before we graduated
"This is for you, Mom," he

Viet Nam Soldiers Last Gift To Parents

monkey
playful friend
from Viet Nam
sent by loving soldier
60's

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