Birthday War Poems

three crows and a hawk,
flying together
sounds like a cartoon

get your claws in this one
a sign of the times
my mind sees such things
written in the sky

on...

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I’ve been blinded by a blistering light
An atomic angel in the nuclear night
Have they come to take us away at last?
Have they come to punish...

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The kid who often was lost in 
The sauce Joshua! His 
 birthday was in June. He became
The strong silent youngster with 
The youngest kids....

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Average affluent Almost Afternoon 
11:30 morning time.  Damian was
Still asleep as were DJ and 
Amadeus. Molly and Dolly were 
In the kitchen planning Barrington...

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Many think this holiday honors all United States presidents we elect
But let me reflect
It is Washington’s birthday that we celebrate 
It honors President Washington and...

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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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A victim of war

His country had gone to war ostensibly against a fascist state
which Gregory the 19 years old man, found strange it was
his country...

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So I write, I write and I write. 
I like to write. 
I like to write so I write.
There is no purpose 
There is no...

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I hear them say,                                          ...

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I have a friend who is a veteran.                 ...

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A great old gal was she                   ...

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As a child I had a big old red trunk,                               ...

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Welcome home the family has missed you                        Dad come down now    ...

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I never fought in Vietnam…my parents never had to worry…to fear…to morn…for the simple reason my draft number was connected to the day that I...

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Born-In Virginia on February 22,1732.   
Siblings-The first of six children.             ...

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