Marriage Soldier Poems

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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Today 

I went to the swap and shop early. 

I met a man there with a military hat on. 
He told me that he was...

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My parents said their vows
        on Veterans Day

     Soldiers enlisting for marriage
  ...

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BLIZZARDS  PERSISTENT  FOR  SEVERAL  DAYS , HOSTILITIES  BEGUN  BY CONSTANT  CEASEFIRES .
ENEMIES  STRIVING  HARD  TO...

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Real Men

Bigger than life, 
the man I married, 
is/was everything and more, 
I thought before, 
I said I do. 

He took care of his family,...

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No Joke

Highway 99, 
goes no where… 
I tell you. 
I have been there 
and back. 

You have to go, 
but you can not find it....

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My Umbrella

It was the reason
for everything,
needed, 
that had any value. 

It started with rain, 
on a Sunday morning. 
It moved to the car,
that would not...

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The Song of Silent Rage

The car was not empty. 
There were women, 
there were children,… small children.
None, could hurt anyone…as they were soft and tore...

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Soldier

March off to war, 
protect the ones you love…
and even the ones you do not…
At what cost?

Sweet memories you will not have, 
of all the...

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Forgotten Soldier

Service to my family, 
those I love with my whole heart. 
Service to my country, 
the nation that I hold dear.
Service to my God,...

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Some Assembly Required

The house is quiet, 
and the children are asleep. 
They did not want to go, 
but I made them. 

Sugar cookies, candy canes,...

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SON OF SEOUL


		Child presses sweet head to her,
		While mother holds fast to him
		Man busses forehead, soft lips tight
		‘Gainst acorn-colored skin.
		
		From ashes G.I. soldiers rose
		To souls...

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Since early childhood storybooks of armored knights
riding beautiful horses held my fascination,
had I lived in that era of adventurous delights 
I would have joined them...

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I somehow missed the nineties
As far as pop culture was concerned
I spent a lot of it overseas
Watching as the Balkans burned

I had learned Russian for...

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He was a large soldier, standing well over six feet.
In World War II; imprisoned in the Philippines.
Thousands perished on the Bataan Death March.
They were brutally...

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