Short Vietnam Poems

old friends
buried in a bottle
Vietnam...

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During Vietnam
recordings made for my Dad
while Mom went astray...

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Oh father of mine
Tall, true, giving Army gifts
Vietnam took you...

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Oftentimes, what doesn’t get said
—makes the loudest sound

(Hotel Majestic Saigon, Vietnam: January, 2014)...

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viet nam is happening
his leg is gone
i am sorry i say
and thank you
for your sacrifice
it is not enough
but it is all i have...

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vietnam reflections 42

the enemy has breached the gate
no longer must you wait
to know him
he has been inside you all this time...

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Comic strip creature an Iron man
a super hero  in Vietnam began
Fighting for good against evil
promoting 'issues' & giving a thrill...

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Hear…
before speaking the words
unwritten

Speak…
after writing the words
unheard

(Hotel Majestic Saigon, Vietnam: January, 2014)...

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i work with a man
                                 from vietnam whose name is
                                       Coo. Hi Coo's haiku...

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Shadows
Silent footsteps
Silhouetted streams flow
Ghosts of canopy stalk movements
Death's pall


(Vietnam: Search & Destroy mission)...

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she holds old photos
saved of husband's other life
while in the navy
Vietnam fifteen-year tour
never looked back with regret


5/31/2021...

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swathe in red, white, blue
white rose buds, baby's breath quilt
soldier's coffin
old Vietnam veteran
recalls others the heroes


5/31/2021...

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A  very famous man named Noel
came from outer space i know well
an extra powerful man
after fought in Vietnam
built a famous tower named Babel...

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carefree summer night
recalling the fireworks fuse…
Déjà vu to Vietnam

For the fireworks haiku contest and dedicated to all vets who suffer from PTSD....

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Vietnam. 
Six months is a long time,
six months here is a lifetime.
How i want to go home.
America may own my ass
but Charlie definitely owns the night....

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Torned to a millions pieces many times,
Like a soldier in Vietnam fought with toes and nails,
Now my soul have retreated,
My fighting spirit have withered...

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Ten miles in awful shoes 
Any worse than Vietnam? 
You scare me 
I hear through you 
How close you must be now 
Ten miles a day in awful shoes 
I could be you...

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Was it worth it fecking Sinjin Hawke
When you could’ve been with Stringfellow?
But the lure of drugs in the Golden triangle
So much better and a guy with an edge...

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Guns, or
Bobby covered in Rosey Greer, or 
Monterey Pop,
Or I'm one years old, 
The Chicago 7, or
DNC, PR
Vietnam, or
The Man on Moon in Motion.
The Alarm sang 68 Guns....

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hippie movement
wasn't government
authorities were shoved
replaced by being loved
Vietnam Kent State
started all the hate
those days are long gone
my long hair days done...

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most wanted lost list —
shy silver-backed chevrotain
this little mouse-deer
imagined in Vietnam
ungulate with hooves and fangs

11/13/2019...

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Some came home…
but never came back

Some came back…
but never came home

Caught between
forever

And what forever
—had disowned

(Vietnam Veterans Memorial: March, 2020)...

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i cannot rest i cannot dream until my thoughts, they softly seem to drift on over drift away to dreamy landing and you sway. you whirling durvish of vietnam my silver bullet written on....

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VietNam War – TET

war
60’s
Viet Nam
youth quickly lost
Greyscale TV’s final shock and awe

Written April 28, 2019
Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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SPINE: MOVIE AND SONG

Bridge on the River Kwai
Madison bridges,
war and peace...

red hell,
green, grass of home,
love and hate...

good morning vietnam
Saigon bride,
a time for us...!...

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