Wife Soldier Poems

Saw my heart beats passion Burns
soul denied heart is torn
Minefield would forgetfulness
Spirit filled with loneliness
How where will I go 
the last wayward soldier
 no longer...

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When I met the tall and amiable Vietnam War veteran,
my shyness showed,
yet, my throat dried and tightened when he softly
spoke the words, "The war never...

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high rise
get high rays
and wetter 
on wet days
closer 
to aeroplanes
in lanes like cars 
soldiers of concrete
steel feet in wars
in pillars 
like Lot’s wife
or muggers
with sharp...

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A Soldier That Lost His All

Despite his means, despite his plight
He rendered help to those in need,
No place he had fixed for each night
His life...

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Olena Rudenko met Pavlo Lavinski whilst at Kyiv University 
Pavlo told all his friends that she's definitely the girl for me
They got on well then...

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“Anzac Day”.
                    (c) London F. Bus

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A story to remind our soldiers on this Veteran’s Day…may you never feel misbegotten…
for all of you who have fought and fight for our freedom…shall...

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she stood there in a daze
by strangers surrounded
they had given her the folded flag
as the last post sounded
keepsake of a warrior
it had graced his casket...

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You shouldn’t be buried somewhere unmarked in there and I shouldn’t be here.
You should not have done that for me.
So many tears I’ve cried for...

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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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My mind ruled the roost in my little world.
My mind is the fury below the calm water flow.
My mind is the darkness behind the blue...

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The bombing of Pearl Harbour was the turning point for me
That day I enlisted in the army, despite protests from my family
I tried to reassure...

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Under the midnight moon, romance waited
its true heart and beauty, with love baited
for dawning gleam across powdered snow
and she her handsome soldier to soon show
for...

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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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