Subic Poems - Poems about Subic

... The canvas tents, a khaki hue, Beneath a sky of endless blue. Subic's air, a tender kiss, A memory of youthful bliss. The crackling fire, a golden heart, Where stories spun and fears would......

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... The humid air, Subic Bay's soft sigh, Seventies' sun beneath a turquoise sky. Within those walls where laughter used to ring, My young heart found where melodies could spring. The polished ......

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...I was born in a landlocked getaway town Where all the colors were black, gray, or brown. Jobs at the steel mill were ratcheting down. It was not in my future to stay. So, I took a long walk off......

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...Drinking San Miguel at the Spanish Gate. Naval Base Subic Bay. A Cold War hovered above my head. The jukebox rocked Tom Petty. “Somewhere, somehow, somebody “Must’ve kicked you around. son.” ......

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...The morning sun’s oppressive; a nasty b*tch in heat on Rizal Avenue, Where vendors hawk their cigarettes, baloot, and dog meat barbecue. The jeepneys buzz the intersection like a hornet’s nest, Bu......

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...The first man off the ship in Subic Bay Happy ambling off with a sailor’s pay Found a hooker in a bar; Lots of liquor took him far Was broke and happy at the end of day....

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...sunrise in the south china sea half way between subic and yankee station i am still in awe of how something as big as this boat with all of the stuff on board, floats and yet, of how small we a......

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...B-eautiful bay in Subic, Zambales E-ntertains many a rubbernecker, V-iew offers wonderful sight of beaches; E-veryday scenery warms the cool air, R-ise of the sun soothes each eager watcher; ......

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...One morning, when I was stationed at base operations in Subic, I had a telephone call. A Filipino shipyard worker had died during the night-shift, on the job at the navy repair facility, apparently......

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