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Vietnam Poems - Poems about Vietnam

Premium Member MASK OF SUICIDE HOLDING MY DISABLED VIETNAM VETERAN
AWAKEN TO ANOTHER HOME INVASION ALTERING MEDICATIONS OF DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TODAY I'M TERRIFIED MY MEDICATIONS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE TAINTED WITH FENTANYL WHY WOULD THIEVES BREAK IN YOUR HOME FOR KLONOPIN FOR MY SEVERE PANIC ATTACKS OR TAMPERING WITH MY LEXAPRO BUSPRIONE LAMOTRIGINE OLANZAPRINE FOR MY SEVERE ANXIETY DISORDER KEEPING AWAKE DURING THE...

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Categories: vietnam, allah,
Form: Lento
Premium Member January 1973
January 27, 1973 I was sitting in the barracks yelling and screaming echoed through the halls sirens blaring, horns blowing, fireworks popping; the war was over ...

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Categories: vietnam, war,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ode to the Vietnam Warrior
In verdant jungles thick with fate, Where shadows danced at war’s cruel gate, They marched, they soared, they held the line, With courage fierce and hearts divine. The call was sounded, duty’s plea, To serve, to fight, to keep us free. From distant homes to foreign lands, They gripped their weapons with steadfast hands. Through searing heat and monsoon’s wrath, They carved a trail,...

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Categories: vietnam, death, endurance, history, remember,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Alice
Alice I got my draft notice in 1971 Nam was winding down I didn’t wanna go. So, I started hummin a song, just a few bars mind you about Alice, you remember Alice. This is a song about Alice and the war of course. I thought I would have to report Then I remembered my special crime I committed in Stockbridge, Mass. Garbage, that was the...

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Categories: vietnam, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry
a moment in Vietnam
a moment in Vietnam  Heavy rain had fallen in the night in the morning, a cable line in the road and fallen leaves it was the cafe's phone line a woman street clear cleared the wet leaves, the café manager gave her iced tea in the afternoon, the locals watched  a movie that was half forbidden by the authorities    ...

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Categories: vietnam, age, april, blessing,
Form: Blank verse



50 Years Since Vietnam
You remember the mud blood and mosquitos And the Agent Orange brought back as a memento In your jungle greens at Vung Tau Nui Dat memories won’t fade even now Picked out of the lottery for National Service each one Taken by the Vung Tau ferry or Qantas your Vietnam service begun Each soldier on their tour in sacrifice for...

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Categories: vietnam, remembrance day, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Purple Heart: In Honor of My Father
I was a young man at the age of nineteen When I was sent to a country on the other side of the world that I had never seen. I was trained as an infantry soldier With an M-16 rifle on my back; And given an M-79 grenade launcher In case of enemy ambush or attack. Along with my...

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Categories: vietnam, courage, dad, dedication, father,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member More American Soldiers Die In Vietnam
Oh Nixon what did you do, Woe will drown and plague you, Sending more soldiers into Vietnam Where you know there is no calm, Only war, killing and death, The fueling of Americans sent to Fight in this pathetic war, Would no longer be tolerated, The public were angry and irritated. Two reporters wanted To expose Nixon’s treasonable ways, As a President, his days Numbered, he knew...

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Categories: vietnam, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The World That Is Located In the Sky
The World That is Located in the Sky David J Walker Witnesses all To the fall of Saigon In 75 And after all Was lost or won What we Though we saw Was not at all What we had Seen\or Said/or Done The monsoon rains would Again come And nurture the ferns and palms Of the poisoned jungle The rice paddies plowed by Tractorized ...

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Categories: vietnam, war,
Form: Rhyme
Leaving Vietnam
“Get your crap together, we’re leaving,” were the words but the Cobwebs in my brain block out who said them. We started throwing things, clearing out as dumpsters arrived with the Vietnamese. We throw in ...

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Categories: vietnam, memory, military,
Form: Free verse
Vietnam Soldier
Oh, you boys of arrogant tongue far from your land What demons swarm among your brother’s band? Without a care you shunned the face of fame Though disgraced at home was your honorable name In combat, you locked eyes with formidable foe From blood and death your bravery refused to go No, easy conquest of that rebel land It’s more than blood...

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Categories: vietnam, memorial, military, war,
Form: Rhyme
We Came Home, Vietnam
We returned home a few at a time, our tour in- country, ending. Some growing from their experience, we had left the war behind, our armor crumbling Into rust. Others , tho happy to be home, became Weary, broken, burnt out, on drugs and without hope. The folks back home did not understand us. We needed to talk but what was there to...

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Categories: vietnam, dedication, military, war,
Form: Prose
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 to allow fixed eyes to see with piteous recognition, the bushes that hide death. Then as he probes, a shadow appears, then the black of the...

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Categories: vietnam, military, war,
Form: Prose
Sin
Was it worth it fecking Sinjin Hawke When you could’ve been with Stringfellow? But the lure of drugs in the Golden triangle So much better and a guy with an edge...

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Categories: vietnam, drug, lost love, power,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member End War In Vietnam-
condemned died reprimand cried government war cease fire democracy whore more black men dying, dire body bags LSD citizens cried for our guys, to be free end this conflict please Liberty supposed to train oppress to be armed to protect their liberty the opposed then set free Oh! So complex world South Vietnam Condemned world conflict...

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Categories: vietnam, america, analogy, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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