Flower Soldier Poems

I remembered you
looking at the nose ring ---
of my dear darling...

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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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Solstice perennial deed
Vivid blush ingrain seed
Reverence of times past
Pledges for battles cast

Lulling heads, utmost grave
Reverence for services gave
Abloom on war-torn fields
Long ago sacrifice yields

Acclaimed soldier's...

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Flowers
bloom in sun
and in mauve shade
So, take heart brave soldiers
Truth lives!...

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Sunflower for a soldier

An old woman comes to a soldier 
They speak the same language
But now separated by a monster
‘You must have these sunflower seeds
Put...

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Soldiers never tire of “Yes Sir”!
Forgetful lips a long storm stir, 
Disciplinary frog jumps for an hour
Or a free fall from a waiting tower.

Soldiers love...

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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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Like rivers of blood so flooding,
These poppies stay ever budding…
Stalks look like tired soldiers, nodding,
Stems stall like soldiers scaffolding!

Petals, like pleasing gun layers, peep,
Stamens like...

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sunflowers stand watch
like Pretorian Guards near
Westminster Castle
Queen admires royal gardens
on her morning stroll-about

written August 6, 2021

FIRST PLACE WINNER
Brian Strand 4 Line Poetry Contest
August 12, 2021...

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Four petals
Blood red
Saying goodbye
Honoring lost souls
Warriors killed 
Long before their time...

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What exactly is the pain?
As soon as the hunger is satisfied
Understood
The pain was not just hunger.
After getting you
Understood
The only problem was not getting you.
What is...

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field of red poppies
shrine-like aura of petals
salute the fallen













Composed: January 24, 2021...

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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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a prayer
for the fallen
~ poppies sway



AP: 2nd place 2020

Posted on June 24, 2019...

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In a muddy flanders field 
A lonely flower blooms red
Tears of falling rain for those,
Who were left as dead.

They came as boys ,died as men,
Heroes...

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