Farewell Soldier Poems

It is a poet who sings
It's a writer who tells
His stories.

It is an author who expresses himself
He is a speaker of the highest esteems
Who review...

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In a hellish nightmare pit, soldiers stand...
Along the Western Front's cruel, jagged land,
Where blood and tears paint the earth's sad lore,
They mourn their fallen with...

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The brave son goes off to war
     visions of victory in his eyes

   His father mouths a tender goodbye
...

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This isn’t the way it happened
But it really could have been. 
Through half closed eyes 
I can imagine the scene.
 
We’re sitting having a beer
The...

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Reserve 

When the dam breaks, 
there will be no flood. 
There will be no rushing water, 
to run from. 
It has all been drank, 
or...

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Squiggle a sketch of me
   Before the dawn appears 
And i move on with flocks

Salute me with the best salutation you can
 ...

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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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Reflections on a Wall

From the valley floor
A stone arises,
Straight walls of polished blackness,
In between rolling, grassy knolls
Hidden in their cleft –
Arms open wide,
Welcoming pilgrims
Who in...

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A soldier boy was calling me 
His faint whispers heard around
But sadly he was surrounded by many
Of other dying soldiers on the ground.

I stepped into...

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A lonely figure stands at attention
Old, feeble and walks with a cane
He patiently waits 
Despite his age would not complain.

A warm and gentle breeze blows
Where...

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My one true love with eyes of sparkling blue
Our hearts as one it was our destiny
Heaven sent you for me and me for you
It would...

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A soldier's tale about young Grover,
Though black, his duty called him over,
He survived the Front's futility,
Came home after 1918,
With his medals for bravery,
With valour, he...

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All the Anzacs have faded back into the past
And the old men now rest with their mates
We can hope they play 2 up and still...

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T’is said the battle ended
as the tattered guidon fell
yet those who bear the scars
have a different tale to tell.

He stood among the bloodied
no one special...

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To touch a tear that falls upon your heart
And feel the silent breath to which I'm wed
To know your love, caress its crumbled part
This broken...

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