Short Generals Poems

Soldiers decide when/death fight kill war shoot live die/while generals hide...

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The military will never behave
Generals have arms, and power they crave!
No one finds it odd
They need a Death Squad
In Myanmar, it is called "Burma Shave"...

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we see surgeon generals warnings and oh my godding but not this.to-wit with 
the wit to undertsand.my up cut man done behand kate beckinsale.well,what fell 
when i did?...

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My soldiers and 
Worse! 
My Generals
Failed to understand the kind of battlefield
They are dealing with.
They failed to understand 
The difference between
Your skin,
Your Lips,
And 
Your eyelashes....

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   Generals measure the cost of war in human lives
     Soldiers toast its value in the cheapest of dives ...

   Their stomachs in knots all night and day
      Mothers find war's price too steep to pay...

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In our minds, they are giants
  those heroes of yesteryear
presidents, generals, boxing champs
  O, how we stood and cheered

We view them now on grainy film
  the cruelest shock do we receive
These puny men our eyes deceived
  No more in them can we believe...

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Of chorus lines puppet strings voodoo dolls as clown parades....
White cheeks dimpled smiles black ties affairs with, chichi crowns ?
Gladiators vying for world supremacy whileas muppets generals their
Daughters sip upon brandy to alleviate numb the truth in father's legacy....

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The radio airwaves were static
For days there had been no traffic
Buttons had been pushed hard
As generals went that final yard

Mushrooms sprouted as peace was lost
As we found what arrogance cost
And across the airwaves the final words
“Forgive us” now seemed absurd.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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i grab my sword and i start walking, the war is now so lets stop talking. with the 
bible as our sword a spirit as our shield my friends and i fight for the field.we push 
them back to the forest, a sneak attack comes and takes a big portion.we fall back 
to the field to get more ground, then call the calvary and tare them down....

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Limerick: Once the Middle Kingdom’s top Concubine

Once the Middle Kingdom’s top Concubine*
Said to rule China through love combine
Dallying generals: O! Dear!
Forced Emperor to fear:
Eunuch strangled her at Buddhist shrine.

*Emperor Xuanzong’s Consort and his daughter-in-law,
Yang Guifei, 719-756 C.E.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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The poppies grow in fields of corn
Lamenting days gone by.
Once they were soldiers 
Sounding their battle cry;
Now distant memories lie stillborn.

Each poppy a memorial between a
Sea of proud husks bray,
And each corn of scorn 
Ordains the soldiers day;
Once aromatic flowering placenta.

And the generals did it in for them....

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in the universe our planet occupies a very miniscule spot.
Imagine the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors,
so that for a moment they could relish in all of their victors,
of a fraction of a dot.
In all of its vastness, no evidence in the universe dwells,
that help will come from elsewhere, to save us from ourselves....

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It was the war of the cookies, battle lines were fiercely drawn
Dipped versus no dip, diagonal frosting turned on
Sprinkles versus non-sprinkles, arguments about a treat
Dipped cookies bringing in generals, all kinds of heat.
Pure breads adamantly denying that icing was any good.
Causing a huge daily skirmish in our confectionary neighborhood....

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our dear leader
claims he is the smartest
 man in the world
a stable genius
has good words
knows more than generals
knows more than doctors
should have been a doctor
only he can fix
what ails the world
for he is the greatest
genius in the world
like friend the dear leader of North Korea 
but in fact he is among the most stupid man
to ever serve as our President...

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When I'm gone
And all things are done
All of you my generals
Don't cry at my funeral

When I'm gone
I will still be the one
That you will still read and read
I might be dead but not my deed

When I'm gone
And i am all alone
Don't say of my ills
Pay my outstanding bills

When i'm gone
And with me there's none
Your blessings and prayers I expect
You all must pay me some respect...

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Armies
A general so proud
Now he is burned to crisp
And we are told by a cowardly press to rejoice.
Revenge!
Don’t look at NATO only a naïve Norwegian can
Believe in this useless rust machine.
What we need is a new army
Helping the French to extract more oil from
Central Africa.
Who is the enemy or not depends?
On how effective the propaganda is, but 
As the rule is: Generals are all stupid....

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In war there’s no mercy
With aged nor infancy
Women and children first
On the Grim Reaper’s hearse

Politicians all smile
And Generals hostile
Young solider do and die
You’re told pie in the sky

How much blood needs to spill?
How many kids to kill?
Before we work for peace,
For pointless deaths to cease?

Let’s slay poverty
Let’s share property
Let’s spread hope everywhere
By making trading fair....

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Experts summoned
  War whoops drum on

Speculation ramps up
  Excitement amps up

Convoys move out
  Generals air doubts

Battle lines drawn
  The conflict dawns

It does not go well at all
  In the end heavy losses fall

The ground reeks of sweat
  The rivers unusually wet

Even the winners groan
  Misery's echo moans

Need I still divulge
  Only losers win the Battle
    ~ of the Midriff Bulge......

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I have a castle
on a hill – so high
I can see my beloved from far.
I also see the valley,
and daily lives of my subjects.
My generals can see any enemy ships
from afar.
Still,
I long to live in the valley,
like my subjects. If I can live in the valley,
I will never see my wife cheating on me once again,
or see my soldiers smuggling my treasures.
I want to lie low,
close my eyes, and forget all it means
to be in a real world…....

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The warring Generals of Sudan

Yesterday, they were friends,
Sharing the cake of power together.
“This kind of friendship never ends”
One corpse did whisper.
Today they fight over the cake of power.
Where has their love gone this hour?
Two guns lock horns,
And civilians suffer.
Our piece of peace has torn.
Guns ring the bell
Of peace. We march to hell.
Generals,
Of wars.
Their murals,
Peacefully painted on the walls
Of wars....

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Silver-haired generals
gather to tell us why;
yet they skip questions – salute
into the TV camera.

Mother askes:
“Who are these silver-haired gentlemen
wearing a uniform similar to your brothers?

“They are the Country Mom”, I say,
they are the men that appropriate
the exact number of body bags
so that there is never any waste,
for that would be a waste wouldn’t it mom”?

Mother nods then shakes her head,
as if trying to understand....

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I stand on the edge tonight.
The dance floor full of people I avoid.
Too busy looking for you, with lines to recite.
I’ve decided the time has come to confess.
To tell you my heart skips a beat when you’re in sight.
I catch a glimpse of you entering the room.
A moment later I see the girl, her face alight.
Hand in yours.
You look back at her, my face goes white.
I know when I’m fighting a losing battle, as all generals do.
And so, I pivot. Disappear into the night....

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our dear leader
claims he is the smartest
man in the world
a stable genius
has good words
knows more than generals
knows more than doctors
should have been a doctor
only he can fix
what ails the world
for he is the greatest
genius in the world
like his  friend the dear leader of North Korea
but in fact he is among the most stupid men
to ever serve as our President


trump is the poster child for the Dunning-Kruger Effect effect don't you think? © 8 hours ago, john Cosmos Aller...

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