History War Poems

Spring creeps softly through the Shires in this year of our Lord, 1651.
Will peace ever reign in this blighted land? T'is nine long years since...

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The sun smiled soft and warm on Franklin County, that late, summer day;
whistling Yankee songs, the Troop marched south, past old Winchester Town;
relaxed, yet keeping...

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So they came to a point when it looks inevitable
Like that happened with numbers one and two
And like ages ago, it seems inexplicable
Wars grow like...

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There are colors that please the eyes:
Rainbows, sunsets, and a sunrise
On psychedelic, I can't gaze
Without recalling careless days.

Ponytails, psychedelic shirts
Flower girls in long, faded skirts
Hippies...

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I am a mosaic of strength,
built from pieces of scars and stars,
loving fiercely, too fiercely perhaps,
and wrapped tight in the armor of over-care.
I am not...

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3 masked men 
Sun at their backs burning heavy, bright
As silhouette turns to figure,
A striking image displaying only death

3 masked men 
Sea born breeze blowing,...

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World War 1, and World War 2
It's now 2024, and it's affecting you and I
Korea, Vietnam, the Balkans, Ukraine
No wonder this planet's not been invaded
Out...

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He, I, died years ago, when
history started and wrote
manuscripts of its unsound
flesh. Hark, behold His glory!
Yet I was gone before the
dusk of the first revered...

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     In days of yore
     All it took was war
       to...

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This weekend we remember those who sacrificed their lives for our Freedom. Let us never forget or take anything for granted. 

The red poppies grow...

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Fight or flight mode always on
Can't explain to anyone
what is going on in life
Internal/External strife

"Take a breath; you'll be alright"
Set a match to dynamite
World without...

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Your doggedness left arrogance denied
when dominance put ego on display.
Oh Stalingrad, your heart was fortified
as confidence kept Satan’s corps at bay.
Not one step back was...

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October 9 is  the 283rd day this year
In history many died and she'd tears
1594  Portuguese empire defeated in Sri Lanka
Bringing an end to...

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While my heart beats, rhythms of gentle
Silent, yet burning, beneath these Blue Ridges,
An ache, a pain, a troubled heart, wandering
In the last moments of a...

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Israel:

Yo, I’m Israel, the land of the brave,
From ancient times, my roots engrave.
A homeland promised, a dream fulfilled,
In '48, my state was willed.
I built my...

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