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Brothers ~Sisters~ Mothers~ Fathers~
Sons ~Daughters~follow footsteps of
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Will you love me
through the good times and bad
by Chuck Johnson
33 lines, 10 comments,
on Nov 9 8:38 PM. In Angst, Dark, Love, Sad, Society, Personal, Pain, War, Military
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It is the darkest Hell of which 40 lives can not escape the grasp of the demon.
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by Jmdw
19 lines,
on Nov 4 12:46 PM. In Taps, Military, Service, USA, Flag, Patriotic, Anti-war, Pacifist, Sentimental, Death
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I wake up early in the morning-much earlier than needed I’m sure.
I style my hair, chose my wardrobe in a meticulous fashion and spend exc
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He woke up one morning to a great thickly fog
That was spreading all over the land
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As I stand next you as your friend
I will gently grasp your hand,
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He was hollow-eyed, yet handsome, too
Wide of shoulder and spare of flesh
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looking through the window
biased media is what I see
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The charge of battle is a potently lethal addiction. For war is a drug started through contradiction. And can only lead to the rise in fric
by Dark passenger
9 lines, 7 comments,
on Aug 10 12:17 PM. In War, Hate, Sad, Pain, Dark, Death, Anger, Battle, Soldier, Military, Fight, Drug
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News Flash: The Navy Rolls Out a New Joint Strike Fighter
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not really a poem, but just a small memory
I wrote down about something that happened
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Just when you think you’ve heard it all, Another name is slammed into a brick wall,
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planes roaring over-head drowning out goodbyes
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A soldier's dogtags A young girl's heart
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A bird lands on my shattered limb
It’s pecking at my leg
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The bones of fallen soldiers
Picked clean by vultures high
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‘ Helmand Province ‘ we were told
Was quiet this dark night
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I shouldn’t get these nightmares,
Of comrades, dead and dying.
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Mommy, where is Iraq?
My baby asked today
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about military sacrifices.
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These are hard times now; every day They stand there together, brave and true
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I look at your picture and sigh I remember your arms around my body
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Silences deafen longing ears Tears plop on lined pages confessing the pain denied
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Another man walked in the desert,
Jesus Christ was this man's given name.
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Soldier sleeps, dreams somewhere,
his sweet family lingering in his mind.
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The eyes of the young marine are steely in the picture
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To all the men in uniform and all the women Too
Who serve so faithfully for the red, white and Blue
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This is a free verse poem about feeling so worried before I even had to out of love for someone who wanted to join the military.
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Why do the American people continue to doubt us, And persecute us for things we do,
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One last time on American soil
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Like the summer never to be forgotten memories of all the years we've shared so far still brings a smile.
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Each day flies by much too quickly,
soon it will be time to say goodbye
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From the shoreside deep on the horizon
by anaisnais
29 lines, 3 comments,
on Mar 16 3:40 AM. In poetry, enjoyment, thoughts, nature, open, other, sea, tide, water, love, military
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Men and Boys in years gone by,
For their country did fight and die.
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Daddy don't go Pretend you don't have a war to fight.
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