War Wife Poems

War

War is real
It’s bad for your health
They send you to death
And embellish their wealth
War is necessary
The propagandists rev you
Til you hate the scum
Who have families...

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In 1965, I was enlisted, 
To serve in the battle at Vietnam
For ten senseless years, I fought 
Until the fall of Saigon
 
A medic, my...

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#I'm_not_perfect_but_I'm_worth_it
I'm not perfect but I'm worth it, I'm working on it, I go up, I go down,  through your eyes, I see my picture,...

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I am taking a trip to an antique store,                ...

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I saw a dazzling rose,
Whose red petals cast blinding hues upon me.
She shot her cupid arrows from the Kabaka’s backyard,
And punctured the cocoon of my...

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I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                 ...

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"The Road Less Traveled"

Not all roads diverge in a wood,
Some lead to places misunderstood.
They wind and twist, never straight,
Leading us to a different fate.

While others...

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It'll soon be Christmas Day, and on its Eve I close my eyes
Am I ever to feel this hurting pain and stare at its given...

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The man who did lots suffer 
Now relaxed on a sofa, 
Waiting for what's on offer;
Some nice stuff they'd him proffer:
In his mind a Grant...

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Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Corbin:
A true Revolutionary War heroine. 
When her husband in battle fell dead, 
Though wounded, she fired his cannon instead....

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From ruined halls of a corrupt little apartment 
I flee with my children, trailing after me 
No more the hard hand of hate 
On my...

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I hear them say,                                          ...

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End Times

When good men 
see bad things happen, 
and do nothing 
but watch... 
The world is set... 
on the road, 
directly to destruction.

Hope is put...

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Sworn together you and I my May bride
  when joined were glad hearts on eternal date -
Rome did not fall nor the planets collide
...

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S ubsequent period of flashbacks sunbath my heart 
Acccosted my adjourned remembrance: got me intermittent
More laughter in disguise not to divulge the obscure 
Stormed me...

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