Journey Soldier Poems

“ 
Is This a Way to Live”

“The Innocent” 
As warplanes thunder overhead
We rise from our beds
And wonder, 
Is this a way to live?

“The Soldier”
As he...

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I'm a soldier that fought in a mindless war
A love and hate battle at Mount Gilgamor

We lost sight of the love and friendship once shared
A...

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I lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I...

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He brushes his teeth 
To start each  day
Gets the minutiae
Out of the way
Puts on his uniform
Assumes his business face
Makes the short journey
To his workplace.
He’s...

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Amidst the “pitter-patter” of diamond rain droplets,
As though tearing the soft womb of the dark sky like rockets,
Lightning “crackled”! As though electrified, thunder “rumbled”!
Will my...

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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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March forevermore my child

Press onwards admirably
foward

Should you to be allowed
and granted access

Piggyback if you can on the
wing's of solent angel buffered
kite

Whilst all the while still...

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There is a violent war that’s not in movies.
These soldiers we lost are not seen on TVs.
Friendly fire is the biggest killer of our men.
Per...

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The Unknown Warrior Comes Home
by Robert J (Bob) Moore © Nov.2018

From the battlefields on the Western front
four warriors, are going home
plain coffins covered by the...

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The coming out of the shadows
An embark of the journey
Puts a spin on the entire universe
An anticipation is no longer necessary
As the facts are on...

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Mystic mystical seas
Wayward soldier
 it's not yet over
over yourself is just 
being gone over
 on the rising raging seas
 your voyages just begun
Binding me and...

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a young man took on a great enterprise
a career in the army and on a day in October
when standing sentry at the Canadian War Monument
while...

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Night train screaming down
The hill, grinder for
Metal rails in Earth’s dust.

Painful reminder of war
Carrying troops to battle.

Her screams echo those of 
the dying soldiers....

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The Forgotten Soldier

Clickety clack - clickety clack; the train trundled on empty stations of an old past
Lightweight in its endeavours - portraying its only passengers...

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Been here for four years now 
Battle hardened, battle worn, battle foul
Killed so many strangers classed as enemies as they fell

The fight is finally over
1945...

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