Tribute Veteran Poems

They dressed me in dust and called it a uniform,
Handed me thunder stitched in steel,
Told me the sky breaks different
When you pull the trigger.

I was...

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War
Is loud.
But inside,
I am quiet—
Counting every breath.
Mud clings like old regrets.
Smoke writes names across the sky.
I don’t remember why we came,
Just the look in my...

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In peacetime, in wars, you stood tall,
you matter to God, to us, you gave all.
American veteran, come home from PTSD,
dreams of the courageous gifted to...

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Today, we celebrate the men and women 
The men and women who have served our nation. 
Served our nation to keep our freedoms intact 
Keep...

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Thank you for your faith
In the country you so love
That you’d offer up your life
In a cataclysmic strife.
Thank you for your courage
Although you shook inside.
You...

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Visions unendurable
Thoughts not erasable
Tracers of red
Running through my heard

Yellow smoke for the dust off
Brings tears
Death and destruction
Memories of loss

Haunting images
Ghosts haunting me
Blood on my hands
Unable...

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Come on boys' sign your name, train them, and send them out to fight. 
Praise them once a year, let 22 die with a red...

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White stars, red and white stripes.
	Blue for loyalty.
Waving in the wind, instilling pride.
	Reminding us of pledge.
		Apple pie, Chevrolet, John Wayne.

Viet Nam, Gulf War, 
	Freedom of...

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Veteran Who Himself Had Shot

Had a low number in a draft choice
One of first to go and did not rejoice
He had lived in a foxhole...

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They Call Him a Veteran
Dr. James E. Martin
©November, 2013

They call him a veteran.
What a noble name!
He wears it proudly
Though not seeking fame.

He showed up when...

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Untitled 5
(My Uncle: Good Morning, Apocalypse Now)

My uncle doesn't speak much
about Vietnam or the stuff
he witnessed when he 
was just a boy. See,
he likes to...

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