Beauty Soldier Poems

Your clear brown skin shined when the sunrays gently touched it,
The beauty mole on your cheeks made you more attractive when i noticed it.
Your tanned...

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When I met the tall and amiable Vietnam War veteran,
my shyness showed,
yet, my throat dried and tightened when he softly
spoke the words, "The war never...

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promise to be there for you always?
Whenever you need a helping hand
?I promise to think about you daily
?Wherever you are in the world
?I promise to...

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I was drifting off to sleep and,
I heard the soft sounds of the,
Ocean slapping against the rocks.
I felt like I was being rocked to sleep,
As...

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We held a lady in our arms
She was the highest in the land
We felt her cloth against our cheek
Her closeness in our hand.

We held that...

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D
Delightful
Daffodils bloom
Dogwood trees too
Declaring - Spring has arrived
Distressful, dandelions choke my lawn

April 4, 2022

New form called, alphopp,  no rhyme needed, 
Alliteration: start each line...

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I am a prodigal Son of a gun
Who fears nothing under the Sun
I am a brave and defiant soldier
I am a peaceful gladiator
My pencil is...

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I’m a soldier, reborn from the
Battles of the East
Conceived by loveless parents
Raised by a dysfunctional family.

I’ve been betrayed, forgotten, abandoned
Several times heartbroken
But the dream of...

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I joined the army employment-sake; He did the same too;
I from India; He from Pakistan; though both blooms new;
Countries sought enmity; we looked for eternal...

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Under the midnight moon, romance waited
its true heart and beauty, with love baited
for dawning gleam across powdered snow
and she her handsome soldier to soon show
for...

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He was more invaluable to his country
than his own precious life,
how could a glorious and promising
youth with a gorgeous face
with a voice not made to...

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- When the Soldier Came Home -

When the man of war returns to his home town,
When the shock and awe were for another’s toy crown,
Too...

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Oh great Tavern!
Beautiful and wondrous inn
What countless prizes
Lie in wait inside!
Your vault keeps from us
Our treasured Mead, Wine, and Beer!

Oh great Mead!
Pour from the keg
Fill...

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Lament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You hack down everything you see, War God!

Rising on fearsome wings
you...

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Dedicated to a dear friend, who felt let down by a nation he helped to protect, and was honoured to serve



An Innocent young mind getting...

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