LEAVES ALIGHT, Seeing, The wind, The leaves, Speak a year, Summer is gone, Winter alas coming, Leaves all a whirling, The season is changing, Enjoy bright sun while can, For the icy shroud coming is, It will have its sway for a time, Then spring afresh, will refresh, So listen to wind, watch the leaves, All nature, all is good, even deep chill, Breath in morning air, watch sun set yonder, All things in their own good time, a time for all… D. Joel Forrester, © 06, Watched the leaves today, quite... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
ELSEWHEN, ELSEWHERE, GOD IS FULL OF TRICKS.................
Transition As I stepped from my car on a snowy cold night, there was a moment different, In reflex I closed my eyes, bewildered, I kept them closed, yet all my senses rang, Like a chorus of church bells a wave of feelings new and strange washed over me, Cold it was not, fresh and salty the air, there was a scent of flowers, and cries of birds, Warm was I even though it seemed all my clothing vanished, and I was seem to be on sand, Ever so slowly I opened my eyes and the whole world was awash in... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 10, 2006
FOR THOSE AGAINST THE WALL WITH BLIND FOLD AND CIGARETTE.........
Lost Souls Lost souls dance in a torment all their own, They are not who they were, if they ever were, Tragedy unbound, illness, death, ruin, loss, All at times too much to bear, yet continues, For a heart torn asunder, spirit tattered, To gather the sheds of human dignity, To preserve over adversity most severe, No easy task indeed, abandonment even harder, For when the clouds gather, and riches dissipate, Fair weather friends and lovers, gone are they, Nowhere to be found, missing, compound... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
ALL THE FUN MONEY CAN BUY....
LIBERTY CALL Nothing like a bunch of Marines, Work hard, train hard, fight hard, But what we do best is partieeeeee, Cooped up on ship, or in the bush, Nothing but frustration and exhaustion, Get a chance for liberty at a decent port, Half wild are we, some latitude granted, If stream not released, then explosions, Some good food, some drink, some woman, The first two yes, the third almost never, Unless of course pay for it you will, Then most likely, a gift that keeps on giving, One Sickbay may... Sign in to see full entry.
BLOOD SPORT FOR THE ASSES................................
DEER With the morning mists, a small herd of deer, Grazing gently by the pond, in the open, ever alert, Graceful fragility they, Whitetail, energy contained, Spooked, and leaping away, hunting season near again, The slaughter will continue, at least at Everhome haven, No hunting, none at all, safe for the now by me, Nothing like an assault rifle, make a hunter think twice, Confrontations a yearly, hunters become the hunted, They never know, my rifle harmless, blanks alone I, More guts than... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
CRASH The call went out, Light aircraft overdue, Souls onboard unknown, Cessna out of Atlanta, Only known headed West, Late summer Thunderheads, No mayday, or last thoughts, Team assembled, aerial survey, Two days, tristate effort, Hi probable found, Steep impact, rocky terrain, Copter insertion impractical, Guard passes to CAP, cheaper, Ground team in, hard going, Hard to believe terrain, On site, three bodies found, The smell, O’God the smell, Mother, two children, Mostly parts spread around,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
SNIPER One shot, one kill, Decapitation, disruption, Stealth, illusion, patience, All this and more sniper, Frozen for hours, even days, Awaiting just the right shot, His M-40 hot and true, Task to kill enemy commander, His spotter and cover hidden, He will have just a shot, Then bolt and run like hell, With luck the diversion, Will daze and confuse, To the LZ his team will make, Then up and out, gone, gone, The target is in the clear, Talking, thinking, human, A brigadier, competent, deadly,... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 6, 2006
A NEW MEANING, A NEW BEGINING........
THE DEPTH OF SILENCE The com, was dead, nothing save static, No data, voice, or beacons, only star song, They were alone, absolutely, darkness, Possibly more alone than ever before, A recon probe beyond beyond, An attempt to find star systems safe, Safe and clean of the enemy taint, Some success, a haven found, Bright blue, green, brown, and white, Much as Earth, five thousand years ago, Then the war news worsen, until, A final message on all bands, Zulu, final defense, maximum effort, Then... Sign in to see full entry.
IN THE OCEAN DARK, A TERROR LURKS, THAT ANY SANE MAN WOULD FEAR..
GRAY WOLVES Far below, as I stand upon the bridge, A long gray shape slices through the water, Mostly submerged, just the sail and ridge, Yet that is enough to over whelm the eye, For it is death that passes beneath me, A wolf of the ocean deep, a Sea Wolf boat, Power beyond the imagination this darkling, A nuclear attack submarine, mistress of the deep, With lances of steel, and cruise missiles of the sun, Far and wide can she roam the Seven Seas, No point on Earth is beyond her reach, She a... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 5, 2006
The Old Ways Are Sometimes Not Best Forgotten...........
On the Wind To sail a vessel is an art, Catching the wind in cloth, Thrusting the bow forward, Through wave, down trough, Feel the tension in the shrouds, The wind singing, sea stinging, To beat and crab, unless abeam, Then to run before the wind, With tiller, winch, line, and luck, Oh how different from steaming, No reliance on mechanical marvel, No stench of oil, just salt of the sea, To skirt the edge of disaster, Making knots, rounding headland, Feel the strength, the power, The wind and... Sign in to see full entry.