Short Lieutenant Poems

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Premium Member Vignette-The Plot Thickens

The lieutenant & his woman
An actress & her leading man,
A boy meets girl tale,
It happens every day-
In a play within a play.
Form: Narrative


Premium Member To Follow, Or Not To Follow

I saluted in front of him and vowed, 
“Sir, I’ll follow you anywhere, sir.”
The Lieutenant roared, 
“You can’t follow in front of me. 
Get to the rear!”

Premium Member Winkers Are Not Soldiers, Yet We Die

[with apologies to Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae]

We are the winkers! Short days ago,
We played all night, until dawn's glow,
Squopped and were squopped: for here we go
In the Fields of Winks, to hop them low.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Mama Always Said

Mama always said...Son, mind that bump

The road is wide and the load we dump

So, Mama would dare me

But, fear would impair me

I'm Petrified Forest...Forest Gump!


In Vietnam, Lieutenant Dan thunk...

Me and Bubba should just share a bunk

But, the bunk was loaded

And Bubba exploded 

I'm Chunks in the Forest...Forest Gunk!
Form: Limerick

Private Del

troop!
the lieutenant screamed
inches from the face of Del
how do you expect
to make spec four
with a damn rolls royce
radiator cap in your locker

looking straight into the looey's face
returned I wouldn't give up
that radiator cap 
to make spec four
anytime, anywhere, anyplace
and smiled broadly,
Sir!!

(Yes, he did steal it one drunken night)


Premium Member Old Blood and Guts

Lieutenant General Georgie Patton also known as "Old Blood and Guts"

   Was so eccentric and egotistical that many people thought him nuts!

      His armored divisions delivered relief to the beleaguered at Bastogne,

         But to hear him tell it, you'da thunk the SOB had done it alone!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member I Must Find a Different Job

yellow tape
not a good sign
I should run screaming the other way
some macabre force moves me toward it

my blood turns to ice
when I see the chalk outline
not of a grown up
but rather of a child

I will listen to my inner voice next time
and run screaming into the other direction
my lieutenant asks me “are you okay, sergeant?"

I must find a different job
My skin is too soft for this one.
I nod, before I wretch.

Premium Member Lieutenant Goldfish

that is Lieutenant Goldfish he runs Steampunk City
I thought it was a lie, my cousin can be whimsically witty
L.G. as they call him swam by and did not give us a nod.
He’s aloof, disconnected, a loner, quite odd.

Why is he the leader of the city I asked my cousin.
Because the other fish are terrified of him by the dozen.
I thought that was a ridiculous way to vote in a leader today
Then I realized it’s the way of the crazies in the US of A.
Form: Rhyme

The Adjective As a Detective

Lieutenant Adjective snoops
about the crime scene seeking
forensic evidence to catch
the prime suspect
with a warm clue to match
the DNA in a way that puts
the suspect there
at the time of the murder.
The sleuth modifies
his perspective by staring
at the spot on the wall 
upside down sideways,
up close and at a distance.
He’s tenacious.
As a qualifier par excellance
he will close the case
with unkempt elegance
and with the usual dire consequence.
© Jim Howe  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member The Second Lieutenant

The second lieutenant had a snip, snip For some reasons then it was very hip Told the chief he couldn't stay The chief thought he wanted to play Dropped his drawers his swollen parts to strip
Another fire department story... He had a little male surgery. He was suppose to work because the doctor had said that he could come in.. He had developed swelling in his male parts so he showed the chief what was wrong why he could not work..LOL
Form: Limerick

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