Dad Soldier Poems

My mom and dad fought in World War 2
They made it home…which is every soldiers aim
I didn’t know them before their war but I imagine...

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So this be the day after
  nineteen forty-one
    Be December the eighth, the
      nightmare has begun.
...

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   My father, a WW2 vet
   My mother too
     On Veterans Day they first met

  ...

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A fire in the kitchen?
I smell of smoke in the hall.
Somebody is very guiltily 
Washing down the wall.
What’s left of the toaster’s
Just a burnt plastic...

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I was a young man at the age of nineteen
When I was sent to a country on the other side of the world that I...

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They taught us what to do if there's a bomb.
A big bomb.
A bomb they removed in a biopsy on a God
A big God
Scooped it out...

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They are mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers.
They are my neighbors, co-workers and friends.
They are defenders, keepers and others.
They inspire the writings of many a pen.

All...

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Welcome home the family has missed you                        Dad come down now    ...

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Oh, big brother's home for the holidays-
mom, dad, siblings
with big smiles
race to
him
this
soldier
long time gone
from his loved ones-
and sweetheart waiting around the corner.


February 6, 2021

Contest: Double...

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Soldier boy you look so really smart 
Can see why you joined up from the start
Promised you the world that you'd see 
Did they mention...

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Not all the soldiers have returned home,
even the owling wind has a reason to weep;
Cynthia's legs start to shake, she had little sleep,
her dark hair...

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WORLD WAR 11 THROUGH THE EYES OF MY DAD
POEM NO 2 OF TRILOGY

My father was one of six children, whose family
Had no financial reserves, so...

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HERO

“As a boy you’ll go away to that far off distant war
 And you’ll come back a man
 Of which my son I’m so proud.”
...

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Enthusiasm
pandemonium
erupts when he comes
home from deployment;
soldier on furlough.

Swiftly bum-rushed 
by wife and kids,
which took him by 
surprise indeed!

His dog, "Chooks,"
joined in, too
Family...

of five
sure missed...

Dad.

Write A...

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Our  house is abuzz
With Me, Bella and Jess 
And Mummy is all delight
“Dad’s coming home tonight! “

The Cake has been made
The table has been...

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