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The Greatest Generation
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M.P. Shaudd
| Lyric |
world war ii, appreciation, family, grandparents, life,
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Memories After World War II
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Victor Buhagiar
| Couplet |
happiness, world war ii,
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Ash and Blood
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David Cardamone
| Chant Royal |
humanity, world war ii,
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Grandads leather belt
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Tom Cunningham
| Sonnet |
world war ii, beach, death, grandfather, world
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The Holocaust
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W.A. CHOLT
| Free verse |
holocaust, world war ii,
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Swing Heil
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Keys Giri
| Ballad |
world war ii, courage, music, world war
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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : XLII and XLIII
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T Wignesan
| Dramatic Monologue |
world war ii, america, anti bullying, environment,
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Stranger Than Fiction PART 4
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Tom Cunningham
| Free verse |
world war ii, death, religious, world war
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Stranger Than Fiction PART 3
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Tom Cunningham
| Free verse |
world war ii, death, religious, world war
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Stranger Than Fiction PART 2
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Tom Cunningham
| Free verse |
world war ii, death, religious, world war
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Stranger Than Fiction PART 1
by Tom Cunningham
My name is Tom Cunningham, I’m retired now but thirty six years ago I had a very strange experience that I have never mentioned to...
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world war ii, religious, scary, world war
The Two Major Opposite Things in Life
by Anna de Leon
War
Repulsive, Gruesome
Screaming, Crying, Fighting
Something that haunts your dreams; The one thing that makes you smile
Laughing, Smiling, Sharing
Beautiful, Phenomenal
Peace
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Diamante |
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world war ii, horror, i love you,
Berlin is where it ends
by T.I.R.O. JY
Berlin was the last time we saw each other's eyes
Berlin was different then
Berlin was the last time I saw her beautiful smile
Berlin was once my...
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world war ii, absence, city, for her,
Juneteenth
by Eve Roper
June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, allied troops landed on the beaches, an
unpleasant day that started in the early morning hours in
Normandy, France, and turned...
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world war ii, courage, death, history, world
Somewhere
by Reginald Telemacque
Though the sun shines in the sky
It gives no heat
The thunder is heard from a distance
And whenever there's silence it's deafening
The streets...
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ABC |
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world war ii, conflict, courage, destiny, tribute,
Dead Men Tale
by Omotosho Seth
We're hit, we're hit!! serge!
The thing goes skrrrahh pap pap ka-ka-ka
Skibiki-pap-pap and a pu-pu-pudrrrr-boom
Skya, du-du-ku-ku-dun-dun
Poom, poom
The whole platoon has been cut off
The entire platoon has...
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Epitaph |
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anger, world war ii,
CASABLANCA
by Jack Peachum
CASABLANCA
Rick had said, “We’ll always have Paris.”
But would they?
What happened to Rick and Ilsa after the movie?
“One flight up—I live above a saloon, that’s true.”
Bergman...
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world war ii, character, culture, film, history,
Shellshock
by Lycia Harding
Duress and death and flies persist
but I can't rest, or I won't rise
While on I press, bullseye's of mist
that graze beside me now and then,
emblaze...
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world war ii, death, hero, lost, violence,
Oscar-ku 30 -The Bridge On The River Kwai
by Mark Toney
harsh Colonel Saito
bridge is built... bridge is blown up-
war's utter madness
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Hollywood Haiku" via wattpad.com...
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world war ii, conflict, courage, film, patriotic,
Oscar-ku 26 -From Here To Eternity
by Mark Toney
torrid beach love scene
Frank Sinatra's Maggio-
Pearl Harbor attack
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Hollywood Haiku" via wattpad.com...
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world war ii, beach, conflict, courage, film,
This little strangeness
by T.I.R.O. JY
Been here for four years now
Battle hardened, battle worn, battle foul
Killed so many strangers classed as enemies as they fell
The fight is finally over
1945...
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world war ii, cry, fear, happy, soldier,
The Reason to Remember
by Sandra Weiss
Thinking of all that Memorial Day brings,
our flag, our country, who we are, "let freedom ring".
Many veterans are remembered, this day,
they march through our...
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world war ii, america, appreciation, blessing, freedom,
Oscar-ku 19 -The Best Years of Our Lives
by Mark Toney
soldiers return home
youthful innocence and health-
sacrificed to war
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...
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world war ii, conflict, depression, film, home,
Oscar-ku 16 -Casablanca
by Mark Toney
anti-Nazi theme
Rick’s Café Américain-
play it again Sam ;)
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...
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world war ii, africa, conflict, film, love,
Oscar-ku 15 -Mrs Miniver
by Mark Toney
world war II drama
courageous English woman-
helped Allied effort
Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...
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world war ii, conflict, courage, england, family,
Meeting and Greeting in Airports, Coach and Railway Stations
by Michael Sender
On arrival we kiss.
On departure we weep.
Lives so different merge.
Lives so similar diverge....
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Romanticism |
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world war ii, farewell, kiss, romantic love,
A German Name
by Paul Warren
My maternal grandfather’s name was Gleissert
A German name from the town of Posen in Prussia
They had come to South Australia
For religious freedom in...
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world war ii, angst, anxiety, world war
Distinction Leaves Its Mark
by Reason A. Poteet
Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust;
it's now a desk which seems a breach of trust.
Clothes made at home had always been a must.
Married...
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world war ii, family, farm, world war
Little Toy Soldiers
by roger turner
Little Toy Soldiers going off to war
None will ever live to see age twenty four
None of them even know what they're fighting for
Little...
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world war ii, boy, goodbye, peace, soldier,
The Missing
by Steve Zak
Memories shift through generations; pictures yellow, fray across the currents of time, worn and torn. Hushed stories talk about a life taken away too early,...
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world war ii, memorial day, world war