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John Hemingway -The Last Of The Few

... John Hemingway has died at the age of a hundred and five It was the luck of the Irish he said that helped him to survive At the age of nineteen he left his home in County Dublin And ......

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Categories: royal air force, conflict, courage, england, flying,
Form: Narrative

Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Circa Early 1970's

...Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania circa early 1970'S (just in time for end of summer reading... recounting emotionally disastrous campy turbulence) intended food for thought indulgence. A boys' life ab......

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Categories: royal air force, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Coronation Day-Hs

...rainbow of flowers multitude of flags flutter the sepals-accept v-formation geese the royal air force power crown jewels fly high crows in ebony great britain’s bobbies whistle co......

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Categories: royal air force, celebration, england,
Form: Other

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Inquisitive

...Inquisitive On this at at this time I feel what is missing It rarely shows itself but does now Why I don’t know? The very rare feeling missing is this That I have no family of my own No bl......

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Categories: royal air force, absence, family, imagination, lost
Form: Verse

Captain Leslie Holden, Australian Flying Corps 1st Aif, the Other Red Baron

...Leslie Holden came from East Adelaide a South Australia town When on 26 May 1915 he enlisted in the 4th Light Horse of the AIF renown He was a driver when the 4th left for Egypt and the war Then......

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Categories: royal air force, war, , western,
Form: Epic

One Regret

...I wanted to fly and be a fighter pilot From my youngest age Shooting enemy Soviet planes down Before they could nuke us The sky called to me A lofty cavern of air and clouds But my ......

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Categories: royal air force, high school, life, military,
Form: Free verse

Classified Part One

...I have been instructed to release the following manuscript on the death of my client Mr John Phillips. Who was a former officer in the Royal Air Force. Mr P.J .Carruthers. LLB. Solicitor fo......

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Categories: royal air force, science fiction,
Form: Prose

World War Two Parody

...Old Macdonald was among allies E-I-E-I-O And on his team he had Great Britain E-I-E-I-O There was France and Canada New Zealand and Russia Also China and India Don’t forget United States of Am......

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Categories: royal air force, war, world, world war
Form: Rhyme

The Caricature

...The Caricature You like to label it as a nefarious empire brought to power by an unpropitious circumstance paint a picture of evil and malfeasance blood soaked canvas is the final image mass ......

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Categories: royal air force, history,
Form: Free verse

Per Ardua Ad Astra

......inspired by 'Science-Fiction Cradlesong' by C.S. Lewis Were we to try for heaven, by dust and stars be riven to lust for far off places where we might find strange faces, the cost could be pre-e......

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Categories: royal air force, history, space,
Form: Couplet

The White Cliffs of Dover

...Vera Lynn's, "There'll Be Bluebirds Over, The White Cliffs Of Dover", Keeps streaming through my brain like a wafting zephyr over and over! 'Tis a poignant reminder of sad and cheerless days during......

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Categories: royal air force, wargod, world, day, god,
Form: Rhyme