Sunday, February 26, 2006
"Must Be A Dream To Call Freedom Free"
“Freedom isn’t the right to do what we want, but the power to do what we must.” - Carrie Ten-Boom “Must Be A Dream To Call Freedom Free” I’ve sat lonely with only my “Annabel” M-16 for company on flooded days that Cast the name of rain to the side to welcome a watery downpour; training’s tumultuous...
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Saturday, February 25, 2006
Thunder and Roses
“Thunder and Roses” Fort Jackson training on a rainy summer day that splits and Slides, cascading away into night dropped by shadows and clouds. A deafening crash abounds in the deep building silence of night While the rain sings a cadence we try not to know. Up before dawn we rise to our...
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Friday, February 10, 2006
"Body Counts"
Hey guys, let me know what you think, honestly. Is it too negative, too 'not me' what? I am not sure. It's not right though. "We don’t do body counts, “ I overheard him say, They make the weary look over their shoulders, Bring the wounded down on one knee, Body counts aren’t what we do, said Tommy...
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Monday, February 6, 2006
Note for Everyone Who Reads My Poetry
I am soo sorry! I totally didn't realize that like, half of my first posts were all way too tiny. Even I couldn't read them. I am updating. I have finished with my soldier poetry. Later on, maybe tonight or tomorrow, I will go through my poetry on my other blog. Soooo sorry guys. Ciao!
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
"Soldier's Thoughts on War"
Screw the thoughts of we’ll all be okay, I’ve seen the things people do in my day. Little by little we’ve torn apart the thread That pulls mankind together over a quilt of dreams. The world is less than is seems to be these days, the haunted Eyes of little boys in men’s bodies hide behind a cry of...
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
As Yet Untitled
Remember to never forget that I was there Beside you during those awful days, Taking in the ways that the American soul Can be tortured from afar, When those bombs went off and John lost his leg, You picked it up even though he wouldn’t need it anymore. Scary now how we laughed in preparation of...
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Saturday, December 17, 2005
Just Another Soldier
I got a letter in the mail just the other day - the only letter that’s come Since I’ve gone my way. I’m a soldier now - I don’t have a name, Just another private swimmin’ ‘round in a military haze, Another life in a day that should’ve been the same, just another soldier today, A teardrop enclosed on...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
"I Tribute the Soldiers"
“ Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ We tribute the people whose lives were lost on a cold, unforgiving September day, These souls rose up from the rubble to live on in our minds, thirsty things that can’t Leave the past...
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Just Another Soldier II
“Just Another Soldier II” “This extraordinary war in which we are engaged falls heavily upon all classes of people, but the most heavily upon the soldier. For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life,; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at...
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"When A Soldier Cries"
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” General George S. Patton, Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston Massachusetts, June 7, 1945 "When A Soldier Cries" I called home to Alabama today, to see how they are, To hear what they say about...
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