General George S Patton
High ranking General George S. Patton.
His mission the enemy to flatten.
To his troops he exclaimed without blinking,
If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn’t thinking.
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Categories:
patton, military,
Form: Clerihew
Patton Remembered
The timid
find courage
in the well
— of another’s fear
(Valley Forge Park: February, 2024)
Call Me Ishmael
Mediocre writing
spawns editing
The Great Works
— born unchanged
‘Thoughts of: Bob Dylan, Laura Nyro, John Lennon, Steve Winwood, Kris Kristofferson’
(February: 2024)
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Categories:
patton, courage, fear, writing,
Form: Free verse
Oscar-Ku 43 -Patton
both loved and disliked
General "Old Blood and Guts"—
triumph and ordeal
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Categories:
patton, conflict, courage, leadership, usa,
Form: Haiku
Lottie Patton
Luxurious lady on a heavenly hike
sHe was so christ like
go Tend to the sick and shut in as a leisure labor
epiTomizing a godly behavior
a livIng likeness of christ
was on Earth
bowing Presence- she was of god
her soul Annointed
true righTeousness embedded
throughouT her heart
an earthly cOmmander on earth for god the father,the son, and
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Categories:
patton, thank you,
Form: Acrostic
Before the Colors Fade George Patton (1885-1945)
Pistol-proud, Virginia-vain,
Deaf to danger, numb to pain,
Born a century too late,
George Patton spat at Fate.
Underneath the bombshell’s burst,
He knew this was not the first
Blood of enemies he’d spilled,
Nor the first age when he’d killed.
Once a prehistoric Celt,
Then a legionnaire who felt
Glee at gashing Jesus’ side;
Later, serving Him with pride.
Visionary general,
Prayerful, and profane, and all
This, and
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Categories:
patton, history, war
Form: Verse