Beach War Poems

a boys own adventure has now begun
on a beach blazed under a Turkish sun
we`re here to take land from the evil Hun
and are told we...

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Balance is difficult for me -- 
generally leaning one way 
or the other

if not oscillate
more apt to choose that
additional cold beer, 

wanting to capture sunset

squeeze...

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Sunrise and already the water 
is being seared with a glow 
as if under a grill. 
You can feel the heat building
in the morning air,...

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I’m just an old man in a blazer
Here to try and tell the truth
About that longest longest day 
That brought an  end to my...

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THE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA Version
			
				       Beach Omaha	

At Omaha an old man stands and limps down  to...

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THE EVER DWINDLING FEW
				      At Juno Beach

At Juno Beach an old man stands and limps down  to the shore,
Where...

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Sand and surf of Oahu.
Boogie boards and kids.
Feeling breathlessly safe.
Surrounded by friends -
strangers-in-arms safe.

Elsewhere in time and space
the beaches of Normandy
tell a different tale. Holding
their...

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Resting my faith in you through the storm,
I will cry out to you Oh sweet Lord,
If your voice can calm a raging sea,
Cease my thoughts...

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She anticipated his brown eyes shining up
When he saw her skimpy beach cover all
She knew his heart would beat triple time
He would probably stumble on...

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Imagine a world void of all hate
where we could disagree and shake hands.
Kindness would wash all grief while we wait,
politeness would be in high demand,
and...

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Four fast friends and I sailed away to war.
Our dreams were fresh, and we owned forever.
On Omaha beach a shell took Trevor.
His Spring life sap...

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Bartholomew Barton; his friends called him Barty
Eighteen years old but no birthday party
Slumped in the mud, a gunshot to the shoulder 
But unlike his comrades...

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One vote by itself seems less than a wonder
for history is a much larger thing – millions
of nays, millions of yeas, to suggest one small...

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Jock Gray, Richard, Old Allan, and others told me this over the years but I never felt worthy to tell it for them, not even...

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Children frolic in soft, warm sand.
Upon which, long ago, a band
of brothers gave their lives to free
a country held in tyranny;
Omaha, Utah, each, as planned.

Gold,...

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