Short Infantry Poems

The cavalry charged, leading the way
     The infantry advanced, joining the fray

   As for me, I was up to a little deviltry
     Donned my goggles ~ battled virtual reality...

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How's your lower east side making out
Mine's fine 'cept I creak when out and about
Maybe an old war injury
Too young for the infantry
War ended, was wounded as a Boy Scout...

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So what happened to the cigarette industry
Are they all on welfare, did they join the infantry
Bet they never thought
The bonanza would stop
We smartened up stopped dying rapidly...

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i will stand above the industry
hold, surpass all infantry
ride into my battles
on a chariot of gold

rising to the gilded plain
racing through the pouring rain
holing up my mother's flag
a country lost and cold

pausing not to catch my breath 
give me liberty or give me death
take me to the motherland-
my story must be told!...

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Tingling toes
of the megabyte cavalry
callouses scraping
along private roads
Cascading matrices
on the plasma periphery
peasantry bleating
on official commands
Stewing a cauldron
a festering foment
watering nations
from acid-soaked cans
BE SAFE!
say the oracles
so buying a check
but electing the cavalry
leaves the infantry wet...

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January, beckons the army
February, joining the infantry
March, with a bride in church
April, young wife looking frail
May, new life well on the way
June, whistling a fatherly tune
July, days passing rapidly by
August, feeling down and lost
September, a marching order
October, consumed by his fear
November, home now a cadaver
December, darkest time of year....

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Listen to poem:

Every night a game of card is played,
    four suits fates fortell;
    for war is a great leveller
    for infantry boys in battle.
Soldiers double-dare gambling,
    day and night. All-in a game
    of summer hearts; diamonds in spring;
    clubs in autumn; and winter spades for graves.
Cards shuffled and dealt face-down,
    in grimy hands, that hold all the cards....

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fallen leaves
marching
down the avenue
in tune
with the 
howling winds
and the 
whispery wisps
of snowflakes
parading infantry
sent to the front



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~RANDOM MUSINGS VOL.1~ 2020

AP: 3rd place 2022

Submitted on March 24, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE O sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 2ND

Originally posted on November 25, 2018...

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The mission is crazy
Will we come out alive? 
The movements are dangerous 
Load up lets go

Hop in the back 
Gear ready to go
Put down your nods
That’s when you show

You can’t be stopped 
You can’t be beat 
Tonight’s the night 
Where no match you’ll meet

Infantry does it 
When no one else can
We all go in
Every time with a plan

We take out our target
We index our men
Takeoff in the air
Then get ready again...

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Some consecrate the carnage
Of war and infantry;
Or the argosy of navy’s
Crusading far at sea.
Battles have their triumph
When the gun is in the glove,
But the pageantry of war
Can't replace that crush called love.

For love holds more than power
It invades the soul within;
While the slaughter of mankind
Is extrinsic in its sin.
So, then my heart must follow
To the one who waits for me,
And the silence that's between us
Gives peace eternally....

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