In Memory
...my father is no longer here
but I still have memories
like the letters from his high school buddies
in the armed forces
at the tail end of World War 2.
these letters, thankfully, were saved by ...
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Categories:
tojo, father, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Useless Trivia You Need To Know
...Here's a bit of trivia from World War Two I'll bet you didn't know,
Concerning the war-time Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo of Tokyo.
After the war hapless Hideki was jailed in Tokyo's Sugamo ...
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Categories:
tojo, humorous, war,
Form: Couplet
Arizona Memorial
...I am sitting at the Arizona Memorial,
which shows how far my scruples have gone.
I lived in Hawaii for years, and
could almost claim to be a kamaaina.
without the least inclination
to visit this memo...
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Categories:
tojo,
Form: Free verse
Japanese 10 Shilling Note At Kokoda In 1942
...Kokoda Ten Shilling note.........................
Johnno had been out a tracking Japanese , in Kokoda's , misty green...
It was 1942, smell of death, slaughter so obscene.......
Suddenly two Jap...
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Categories:
tojo, wardeath, old, day, death,
Form: Ballad