Run
the day i run,
is the day i die,
because i will fight,
for what is mine.
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Categories:
warday,
Form: I do not know?
Someone Help Us
The Day it happened I will never forget
The thought stills fills me with regret
The fact that man could be so full of hatred
That they are willing to kill
And be killed
It makes no sense
It makes me wonder what this world is coming to
Every year marks the anniversary
Of one of the saddest events
No one
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Categories:
warday, world, pain, lost,
Form: Blank verse
Bloody Omaha
Midnight June the 5th 1944 me and my buddies departed Weymouth and put out to
sea
To smash through Hitlers eastern wall to liberate Europe and make her once again
free
We knew some,most of us wouldnt be coming back
As we neared Omaha beach at 4am we started to take German flak
From high above us we could
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Categories:
warday, death, history, loss, places,
Form: Rhyme
Red Tears, Black Skies
"No",
He exclaimed to the tyrant's vicious throne,
Only to have his body later trampled and thrown.
He was the tzadik of the period,
And the weight of the world rested on his shoulders,
His spirit was vested with authority,
As he was a man of great superiority.
A true Renaissance Man,
His qualities unbound by time,
And his murder will remain an unforgettable
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Categories:
warday, body, day, men,
Form: Free verse
Just Another Day At the Office
The weary soldier returned from another perilous patrol,
To continue the battle in his cold, damp and muddy hole.
Hopes for a hot meal and a cup of coffee were mighty slim.
'Twas just another day at the office for him!
The bomber crew had flown for hours protecting our skies,
Feeling the stress but ever alert with their eagles'
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Categories:
warday, day, stress,
Form: Rhyme
I Love the Neon Lights
I love the neon lights
Stepping from under bright marquees
Like girls who haunt the nights
Dusky brown girls that by day seems lovely
But like snowflakes in my warm heart
At nights just melt away
From any recognition that makes them part of me
I love the neon lights
The festive dress of streets from sunset
Until the next day light.
Somehow the mood
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Categories:
warday, day, love,
Form: Free verse
Granddads War
In South Africa during the Boer War
Granddad got the key of the door
In France during World War 1
He lay wounded when the day was done
He could have met a very bloody end
But for the bravery of his friend
So he lived to fight another day instead
And died an old man in his own bed
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Categories:
warday,
Form: I do not know?
Independence Day
~ Independence Day ~
Born into freedom
I can’t imagine any other life
Free to make up my own mind
Free to choose my own path
For this I am forever grateful
As I stand up and salute
The Red, White and Blue
On
~ Independence Day ~
It comes with pride
Compassion
Respect
A Call to Duty
All traits to be honored
And admired
So here is to
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Categories:
warday, dedication, devotion, happiness, history,
Form: I do not know?
Soldiers
If their cause is not good
Then their government has a heavy reckoning
When all those heads, arms and legs blown off in battle
Join together at a later day and cry we died at such a place
Some crying for a doctor
Some for their wives and children left behind them
Few die well that die in battle
For how can
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Categories:
warday,
Form: I do not know?
A Day At the Beach
His day began with "Reveille" blaring from within the bowels of the ship.
Sergeants yelled, "Up and at 'em lads! We're takin' a little trip!"
He wearily arose from his bunk to don the accoutrements of war.
He'd survived Guadalcanal, now he faced Iwo Jima's fearsome shore.
They fed him steak and eggs - rookies joked that
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Categories:
warday, prayer, boat, day,
Form: Rhyme
On That Polished Pebbled Beach
As i look back on that Summers day in August 44
Soon to be transported back to Normandy's bloodied shores
I know i will be leaving, the girl of my dreams
Face to face as we say our goodbye's and tears like loving streams
The day that we first met on that polished pebbled beach
Her flowing blond hair and
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Categories:
family, love, warday,
Form: Quatrain
Two Hundred and Twenty Stories
Two hundred and twenty stories never written but etched in time
were removed on a day which started fine.
The silver worms traveled down beneath the floors
carrying those whose day (lest they know) would be a chore,
through the escalators and out the doors passing the facades lined with stores.
Aristocrats and bourgeois run through
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Categories:
warday, history, introspection, life, recovery
Form: Rhyme
One Day
One day the world will be at peace with the loss of violence and war.
One day everyone will be treated equal and respect will be shared between all people.
One day we may know what the meaning of life is, and then realize we new it all along.
One day there will be no more animal fights.
One
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Categories:
warday, dedication, family, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness,
Form: I do not know?
Mental Health
years of abuse add up
someone snaps
the judge gives them a prison sentence
which they serve and then get released
next thing that person knows as they try to rebuild their life
starting from the bottom
They approached you
two months after your sentence
tell you you are court ordered
for a 30 day psychiatric assessment
you dont get out for years
made to believe
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Categories:
warday, caregiving, confusion, education, health,
Form: Free verse
Me
Me
Some men bring millions to the Lord's name
by telling them lies like
you go to heaven when you die
and others tell the truth
in the midst of their adversaries angry eyes
they say, judgment day beckons
and no one knows the day or time
David has not ascended into heaven
only our champion
the son of man
Jesus Christ
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
what
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Categories:
warday, faith, people, philosophy, visionary,
Form: I do not know?
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