Adventure Soldier Poems

The soldier retires
Seating at home,
Remembering how he fired 
His friends even foes

Friends come to greet
Happy they are 
But sad he's,even the sun hiss
Bloodshed,remembering how it...

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There’s civic unrest in Neasden
Which has become a mini hell
The vapours from all those camels 
Has caused an awful fruity smell
The citizens are angry and...

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West Berlin, British Sector
Hotbed of rumour and lies
I’m there illegally, not wearing 
A Jimmy in scaleyback disguise.
I was a Secret Squirrel or
Sneaky Beak was another...

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Dartmoor in a rainy morning light
On the shoulders a well full pack
Regulation fifty six pounds hanging
On an already near breaking back
Marching on a compass bearing
No...

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A misfit among misfits 
Away from family and friends
Wondering was I wrong and
Is this how the adventure ends.
Had I chosen the wrong course 
Leaving my...

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This,
This is who I am.
A soldier at heart, a warrior Queen.
A gentle
But strong
Soul just beneath.
Bruised and bloodied
Back from the war-
But you’ll never see me dying...

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Midst many senior-citizens of our little township,
Has been Mr. Captain, a solemn man in his mid-nineties,
One, enjoying each-and-everyone's abundant friendship,
Who looked much younger, yet, as...

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She weathered the storms 
She was made wholesome 
Grappling the situation she preached 
Amongst her to the Nations abolished awesome 
Ever was she so clever...

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The streets are vacant under the mystery rain gently falling as I gaze into the cold blue depth of a fluorescence-lit street

Languishing…

Under blaring lamps, the...

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Trained to kill.
Trained to see a human as a thing
A walking target.
A bullet from an assault rifle does not distinguish between anyone or anything.

Trained to...

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If you knew they would you execute
Would you ugly wars prosecute
And child soldiers recruit?
The thrice- honored far being cute
But now and ever Plain Brute
And The...

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"A Soldier"
He gives his all.
With honor, for his country, his flag, his God, his family.
No questions.
No reservations.

He bears the cost with honor, and with his...

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The bond between spirit
and awareness may end
with an inner conflict...
while youth is vibrant
and somewhat wild!

Think about what 
the years will do to the young ones
picking...

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by Bob Moore © 2017

I never was a soldier, wars seemed to pass me by
too young for one, the next too old, it makes you...

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Today 

I went to the swap and shop early. 

I met a man there with a military hat on. 
He told me that he was...

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