Usmc Poems

The 50th Anniversary of Frank Sutton's Death

...Frank Sutton was an actor who died half a century ago.
He starred in one episode of "The Andy Griffith Show".
He starred in every episode of "Gomer Pyle: USMC".
Sutton died fifty years ago today a...

Categories: usmc, anniversary, celebrity, death,
Form: Rhyme

What Would I Say

...
My Father died at 63
I’m now 75
I remember the day
I turned 63
Thinking I would finally know
What he knew
Be able to feel what he felt
See what he saw
And to be who he was
But I wasn’t a d...

Categories: usmc, memorial, war,
Form: Free verse

Collectors Show

...Military gear ~
Table to table veterans
Search out memories.


For James H. Beachboard
1928-2011
USMC 1947-1951
One of the Chosin Few 
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, 1950
...

Categories: usmc, veterans day,
Form: Senryu

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Suribachi

...Suribachi

At the base of Suribachi
Within reach of the beach,
The mountain towers as I shrink
Into guts of hate,—malignant:
With a rifle and bayonet, and grenades
And murdering hands
...

Categories: usmc, america, memorial, soldier, tribute,
Form: Verse

O, Slip In Between the Dukes of Darkness

...O!  Slip in between!  The Dukes of Darkness,
In this cold part of the year!

The Baron of Night!
The Baron of Wind!
The Baron of Seeds!

When the Copper Trumpet
Bells out, bright and clear!
...

Categories: usmc, appreciation, courage, memorial day,
Form: Free verse

Spur

...SPUR

Fed up when I get up already rested up 
I am sped up tear this tread up to shred up
I’m choking you still smoking 
cigarettes, And vaping you joking
Laughing at me as I am being all I can...

Categories: usmc, body, character, courage, devotion,
Form: Rhyme

My Father

...My father never was the man
I expected him to be
He wasn't the drunk 
who would lose his temper 
and out lash at the ones he claimed
to love
Nor was he the man 
who raised his fist out of ange...

Categories: usmc, abuse, family, father, father
Form: Free verse

On Separation

...The following is something my father wrote to my mother while he was stationed away from her.

On Separation

Is fate, that has long denied me thy arms,
About to give me the pleasure of thy many...

Categories: usmc, absence, devotion, for her,
Form: Verse

Hero, Patriot, Courage, America

...Headstrong, headlong, headfirst, head on, Glory HallelujaH
Endure, engage, enforce, eradicate, exclusive, Delta  ForcE
Reliant rescuer raider redeemer rapier razor, Army RangeR
Outfit outwit outla...

Categories: usmc, america, courage, dedication, freedom,
Form: Acrostic

Tim Mccravey, Usmc

...I have a great friend and his name is Tim McCravey.
He joined the Marines instead of the Army or Navy.
He bravely fought in the Persian Gulf War.
It's people like him who Americans are thankful fo...

Categories: usmc, courage, inspiration, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme

I Only Understand Now

...We talked at length
The hours we passed
The life you lived
Oh the horrors 
So many men's live snuffed
Oh Arizona, a dedication
Whose souls be at rest
Amidst oily scum
And so many others
Sigh...

Categories: usmc, death, father, introspection, love,
Form: Elegy

A Boy Grows To a Man

...As I watched  you step off that bus
 Standing so tall and true.
I wiped a tear from my eye
 It didn't seem like you.
What happened to the little boy
 I sent away that day?
The one so full of bo...

Categories: usmc, family, life, son, boy,
Form: I do not know?

Marine Corps Salute

...Fighting the fight way away from me
Reunited in my dream
I stand motionless
Eyeing his stillness
I inquire about his thoughts
His attention I caught
A silent conversation we had
Feeling everyt...

Categories: usmc, family, friendship, sad,
Form: Free verse