Graduation War Poems

IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXXIV

IF ever I had a country proud of its sacred Soul Patrie
And if ever by a long shot...

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There once   was   a girl

a very   special   girl


but he was too shy
to tell her so
so she passed...

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Graduation.
Such a great day.
So wonderful to be alive.

Dad hands me a special delivery letter.
Opening it, I read, "Greetings from the President..."

Now I'm half a world...

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Recruit Division

I never applied to join the Army, a nice man phoned me,
He said I was the type they liked, with a steel certainty,
Plus he...

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I cuddled my baby until he took his first few steps
And began to exercise his new freedom of choice,
I heard him babble words like “ma...

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Osama Bin Laden, hiding is he,
not like a man but like a flea.
Long it won't be till he is found,
Americans are, the "True Blood Hounds,"
Another...

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TRENCH  CURSE 1918
BY
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

	
Patriotic songs give us reason to cheer
Except when “ over there” becomes over here
Mounting casualties are easy to explain
Men on...

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He was the little boy next door, but I didn’t see him too much
Even though our houses were so close that they practically touched.
I saw...

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One of the greatest pals that I have ever had,
Was a high school buddy and fellow grad!
He was renowned as the notorious class clown,
And his...

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Her life is not one of shopping malls,
those fancy purses, and shoes to match.
No her life is not fifty dollar hair cuts, and
manicures, followed with...

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