Thank You Warrior Poems

 Written for the contest "Poe in the style of Plath" sponsored by Tom Woody 

 I am a weakling against supremely star-studded skies
Where stolen...

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When I think of a warrior,                   ...

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Depression has caught me within it’s talons,
Leaving me with a feeling of pure disappointment
Making me to believe that I don’t deserve happiness
Or the love that...

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Energy Exchange
Oh how sorry I am
To concentrate on the wingman
Who crashed on the hillside
The crash that killed Frederick
For three and a half decades I waited

To...

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The Ancient Viking Warrior In His Old Age, 
A Collaboration With Vladislav Raven

Part (1.)

Biding his time, as each day wrangles its hours away
his soul resting...

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"A drum beats within me of my Ojibwe spirit ancestors.
It echoes in the forest and above in the azure sky and down flutters
an eagle feather...

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His unimaginable pain is like a river, 
Winding deep & long through his heart.
Nightmares & flashbacks on the regular,
Consume his thoughts from day till dark.

Watching...

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In a world so cold and grimey
Thank you for your grace O Lord
When I was lost thank you for finding me
I rebelled but then you...

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I was given a warrior's name,
comparing myself with saints,
presidents, painters, and princes...
all of whom have known grace.

The name Andrew means manly:
a strong and masculine image
standing...

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The Warrior, the Artist, the Healer and the Cop

The blood of my ancestors
Flows strongly through four
One is my child
But there are three more.

One is the...

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For the torn,
for the meek.
Toward the storm,
toward the beast.

For the scorned,
for the weak.
Wounded warriors,
for the free.

In the dirt,
make my bed.
Firefight,
overhead.

Live on hope,
consume hate.
Rusted spoon,
rusted plate.

On...

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The presence of a giant in a frame so small
Heart of a warrior standing tall
The soul of an angel with the touch of a child
She...

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