War Purple Poems

Being a Military of the Purple Heart member 
simply loving a Purple Heart recipient days 
can sometimes be very long seated with these 
brave men...

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I was a young man at the age of nineteen
When I was sent to a country on the other side of the world that I...

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They were always man’s best friend
And love you unconditionally until the end
When we went to war in both World Wars
Dogs went with us to help...

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apocalyptic abrasions tear 
across earth and sea and sky

crepuscular beast of no moon
reveals and unreveals 

ambiguous forms of vapor 
from crack and crevice emergant

close-mouthed apparition...

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"Purple Heart"



We are watched
surrounded by 
a great cloud 
of witnesses
the race marked
out for us
our days 
we count 
as numbers 
hidden within 
our flimsy armour
our transgressions
softened...

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In the battles we have fought
                   ...

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Purple Heart

It's what freedom cost,
Yet another family's lost.

Traces of a long forgotten war,
Willing participants to their own accord.

A coffin's flag to a son who gave...

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I knew you don't go in,
     But I wasn't coming out.
          When...

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Eddie took up the call from ‘Uncle Sam’
Awarded a Purple Heart from Vietnam
PTSD turns him into Jekyll and Hyde
His poor wife lives in fear, she’s...

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A great warrior he was at only eighteen
During a war that was overseas
Wounded in battle shot in his head
Laid there for hours he was almost...

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Operation Enduring Freedom and the Purple Heart

The United States a country that thrives; 
with strong men and women that are willing 
to safeguard their loved...

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Honor the Purple Triangles,
Who put their souls on the line.
Courageous unwavering ordinary folk,
Infused with spiritual power.

Standing up in face of evil,
Against impossible odds.
Enduring unmentionable atrocities,
Upholding...

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An explosion of hair in her face is disclosing
the beauty of the eyes veiled beholding
a dream unfolding where the poor are gold and
war is at...

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Your suicide 
Wrests the act from the hand 
So that fire can envelop the bottle 
And skyward 
And bright
And living 
Technicolour dances in extremes.

We effervesce...

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Now this looks like our black became grey,
Became less of a fade to gone.
Became a “survive the night of absolute horror”,
Which had spat us all...

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