Vc Poems - Poems about Vc

Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 31 May, 1970

...B-52: a city on its own. 
You mess with us, we’ve got technology.
I loved it when we flew into the zone:
as Ernie said, “We’ll kill ’em till they’re free.”

My job? To watch the black cascade of...

Good Literature

...Good literature is:

Stephen King’s anxiety 
Laurell K.Hamilton’s nightmares
James Patterson’s fear
V.C. Andrews’s mystery 
William Shakespeare’s grace
Edgar Allen Poe’s rhymes
J.K. Rowling’s...

Bronx Soldier

...BRONX SOLDIER   ( this is a true story ) 

He was a soldier - Bronx born and raised  and learned the streets at an early age .helping other people where ever he went- knowing about sacrifices and w...

A Man Of Hull

...One of our local heroes:
his record of try’s in a season
has still not been beaten.
Jack Harrison VC, MC

A Temporary Gentleman
Not really the right sort
Just a common school master
Who playe...

I am a Force of Nature

...I visit the bug zapper on Tuesday
much to the radiology teams delight

I named it thus before meeting it formally
my comedic self puts up this type of dust

If you make fun of it enough
it can...

Welcome Home

...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 goes away."
All these humanity destroying...

Blue Shotgun Lantana

..., she was 
the deepest claret
blood red poppy
black ink injected
ripe bush plum, burnt apricot
and fresh buttered 
cinnamon buns on 
Sunday mornings scarfing
religiously strong lux vitae
black tea, no sugar, the milk spoons
standing up to attention, "VC"
pausing swords fountain tipped
dipped in Private Reserve
velvet black ink sliding 
in embossed buff a logos
for good measure 
staccato clickety clack
gif repeating clickety clack
the bell...

Only From the Heart

...
“Only from the Heart”



Only from the heart
can you touch 
your Blue Sky

poems -
short sentences,
sometimes long

why do we write?
only the shadow inside
knows w...

Vietnam Sniper

...VietNam Sniper



It seems that the night lingers then departs clawing
for one more minute, but in a vain attempt to defeat the sun.
The encumbered fog groans and gently rises from 
The ground...

Veteran Returns

...There once was a boy,who went to war,
to fight for his country, to even the score.
Fresh out of high school to learn a life craft,
his life was diverted, caused by the draft.

He did all his tra...

Warriors Thoughts

...While holding my M-16 in hand with a filled magazine
A canteen with water and camouflage green jeans
We engage the enemy with a M-79 grenade launcher
Regaining our position as VC fire becomes stro...

Bullets Flying

...Bullets bullets flying, hitting there targets from afar
Blood dripping from a bandage with looks of fear
Tiny tiny pellets within, exploding going through helmets
Snipers pinning down these hero's...

The Battles of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift

...In eighteen seventy nine; twenty second of January 
Was the day of a great battle and for the Zulus victory 
At Isandlwana the Zulu army showed no fear
Against British guns, armed with shie...

Lz X-Ray

...La Drang valley 65 
with air support we stay alive 
The VC out number 5  to 1 
The Lz X ray over run 
the stench of death hangs in the air 
Fallen soldiers everywhere
Bullets crack and shatter ...

Cry Quietly

...Cry Quietly

Cry quietly, cry alone.
No one wants to see your pain.
No one wants to hear your moans.
You've killed your first V.C. today
And lay shaking in the grass,
Hoping the others don't s...

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