IT BAFFLES ME
...It baffles me...
When you lose your warships
And life puts you in situationships
The mind gets disabled
Leaving you in disorder
Uttering your ability
Turning you into liability
Even when ...
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Categories:
warships, africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Didactic
Eight decades on'
...Eight decades past world war two was at its last gasp.'
Parades were to folow.' Nazi Germany was beaten hollow
Like a drum..'Some scenes echo.' And make me dumb my
Mouth, silent my eyes observe th...
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Categories:
warships, education,
Form: Rhyme
Hail Us As Devoted Soldiers In Camouflage
...Hail us as a devoted soldiers in camouflage,
see us march forward with a head held up high,
it's a choice we have made, we walk proudly;
we are going where many can't decide destiny:
shouldn't w...
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Categories:
warships, america, celebration, confidence, emotions,
Form: Lyric
Tweedledumb and Tweedledumber
...The world today is split in two
… or three... or four... or maybe more,
but nonetheless, one must confess,
all wage their wars as heretofore.
While blunderbusses prey for us
within our world w...
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Categories:
warships, humanity, war,
Form: Rhyme
Dandelion
...You can blame me for the wars
And eclipse me for the nation
Close before me gates and doors
To prevent contamination
You can treat me like a fool
Talk to me like I’m a child
Who had listened t...
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Categories:
warships, political,
Form: Rhyme
The Fighting Temeraire
...The Fighting Temeraire
I lead this Queen to a guillotine
She follows me with dignity and grace
all English oak and 98 guns.
I am an unsuitable escort for my Lady,
my low born coarseness, the eff...
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Categories:
warships, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
War
...Who plays
the world's guitar
turning hearts
against life?
US wants money
Russia land
mindless of tears
and blood shed
China's sneezed
covid spread
muzzling mouths
silencing sounds
dulli...
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Categories:
warships, world war i,
Form: Free verse
Notices From Your Watch Woman On the Wall Part Four
...23) Both Red China and Russia have war vessels on the Bering Sea,
in international waters, close to the coast of Alaska, and they
been having practice war invasion's practices b...
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Categories:
warships, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Alchemy of the Answers
...Alchemy of the Answers
Belief in the beauty of unrequited love blooming
No relief as they replay the sounds of war looming
A chief at the mane of the horse he is grooming
A thief that refrai...
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Categories:
warships, life,
Form: Rhyme
Red Alert
...Red Alert Red Alert Red Alert
All Hands and bodies on Deck
Our warship has been hit
The enemy’s missiles did it
The warship is going under
SOS has been signaled
One Soldier sounds a whistle
Ma...
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Categories:
warships, adventure, america, anxiety, care,
Form: Rhyme
Dream Boat
...Amidst the tempestuous waters and dreams
Some argue we are all linked by similar streams
Yet, I disagree, as countless distinct ships,
Cross those raging waters, reaching for grips.
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Categories:
warships, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, boat,
Form: Rhyme
Wyre
...Going home
across the Shard bridge
spanning a rattle-snaked river
that bites into the Irish sea
cold-bloodedly pumping
into Fleetwood's gaping fish-mouth.
Here birthmarks
are branded wit...
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Categories:
warships, nature,
Form: Free verse
Beware the Ides of March 2023
...Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fift...
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Categories:
warships, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
The Commander
...the commander
Going on board my ship, a balmy night in Gibraltar
I noticed four old warships (hunter class) tied up
together on a deserted pier as waiting for the final
verdict, to be turned in...
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Categories:
warships, angst, best friend, history,
Form: Sonnet
Polar Bear Brigade
...Polar Bear Brigade manned their enormous 747 airplane.
They jumped in their warships and they sailed past Maine.
They were ready to take on congress or the prez or the police.
Their ice floats are...
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Categories:
warships, animal,
Form: Kimo
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