See: a Marriage Worthy, Letters Offered To An Aching Bride
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"See: A Marriage Worthy, Letters Offered to an Aching Bride"
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The blood of man
drips from his fingers
note the true
Son of Man
No lou...
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Categories:
patria, freedom, love, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Three Ways of Swiping the World Cup
...THREE WAYS of Swiping the World Cup
"It is sweet and fitting/glorious to lay your life down for your country » - from a poem by HORACE
(See my story selected to represent France in the 2006 ...
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Categories:
patria, football, games, humor, sports,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Pro Patria Mori
...Pro Patria Mori
Missouri volunteers bit bullets, watched
as Santa Ana's baggage washed
their brazen hair, hip deep
in the Rio Grande.
The ancient river moved across the land
Like slow drool d...
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Categories:
patria, america, military, patriotic, soldier,
Form: Verse
Benediction
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“Benediction”
Bless'ed be those
who turn from cawing
black crows, sharp beaks
bloodied and ill omen
to walk beside the lost
Black Monk
spec...
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Categories:
patria, dark, forgiveness, freedom, muse,
Form: Free verse
If You Pull a Long Face - Part Xxxiv
...IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXXIV
For Mickey COTO and his PTS-ed cohorts
IF you pull a long patriotic face
" My Country My God boundup in one alloyed essay
The blood I spill for ...
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Categories:
patria, leadership, political, power, suicide,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Pro Patria
...As the glory cloud of the Lord fell upon them they marched off to war. In single file their hearts beating as one. With woolen suits and their boots shined for war, they were united in their purpose;...
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Categories:
patria, art, devotion, emotions, freedom,
Form: Ekphrasis
Nostalgia
...At the core exists his emptiness
Spineless unrest smothers him
All due to nature’s wavering obscurity
And stumped awareness of inherent security
Fear took charge and penetrated his inner skin
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Categories:
patria, absence, emotions, encouraging, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Copla Veinte This Bad Guy World
...COPLA VEINTE : This Bad Guy World
Expose the wiles of the Bad Guy
He’ll stoop low and use stratagem
And if he fails
He’ll cry foul play and devise ploy
Hold himself out as the rare gem
The ...
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Categories:
patria, allegory,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Moderna Commedia, Second Canto, Part 2
...Quelle vicende vissi fino in fondo.
Quando mi riappropriai della mia vita
Se questo è un uomo chiesi a tutto il mondo.”
Those events I lived through and through.
When I again impropriated of ...
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Categories:
patria, dream,
Form: Terza Rima
In the Name of God
...A fire was burning at the city's edge.
It seeped into the underground
and fed the twisted strands
of passion, forthright in its zeal at first
and then like starving roots content
to feed upon t...
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Categories:
patria, war,
Form: Free verse
The Great Lie
...The Great Lie
Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria mori
I believed that once
I laughed and chatted to my friend
As we boarded the troopship
To take us to the far side of the world
Never been abroad befo...
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Categories:
patria, war, death, me, death,
Form: Free verse
The Price of War
...Their mangled and broken bodies
return home in flag draped caskets.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
while a band plays patriotic
hymns for their services rendered
and a choir to giv...
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Categories:
patria, death, war,
Form: Verse
My Father
...My father...
You are a unique flower
This is how I keep you
In my heart forever
Until the sunset waves goodbye
My father...
You dwell now in the heart of Jesus Christ
Since with your strongest...
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Categories:
patria, fatherbeautiful, heart, beautiful, heart,
Form: Italian Sonnet