Bataan Poems - Poems about Bataan

...Climate Change Haiku by Michael R. Burch late November: climate skeptics scoff but the geese no longer migrate. The King of Beasts in the Museum of the Extinct by Michael R. Burch Th......Read the rest...

...Various Heresies 10 God to Man, Contra Bataan by Michael R. Burch Earth, what-d’ya make of global warming? Perth is endangered, the high seas storming. Now all my creatures, from maggot ......Read the rest...

...THEY MARCHED* for miles in blistering heat THEY MARCHED with nothing to drink or eat THEY MARCHED as soldiers, Filipinos alike, THEY MARCHED over trails others had hiked BLOOD FILLED the path of ......Read the rest...

...#One should be cautious in starting a war, but once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly# #Quote by Hirohito circa Dec 1942# Onslaught As little......Read the rest...

...Hmm...What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About... Today (a rather brisk, chilly, and otherwise sat tiss factory twirly delightful December 18th, 2018) matte her of fact quite refreshi......Read the rest...

...THE GREATEST GENERATION by JOHN M. ARRIBAS Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Divers......Read the rest...

...We left the barracks in mid-March, With snow still on the ground, Drove two days across the border, To participate in a multi-national event, Commemorating the World War II atrocities, The Japan......Read the rest...

...He was a large soldier, standing well over six feet. In World War II; imprisoned in the Philippines. Thousands perished on the Bataan Death March. They were brutally beaten; starved and parched. Wan......Read the rest...

...THE DISABLED VET Many wars have come and gone These wars took men away from home Some of them did not return But the memory of them will always burn Deep within this country's heart These......Read the rest...

...At the VFW Post in Buang, Philippines they know Macarthur Staggering off then Swaggering back onto These Philippines Islands and the Wail of Hirohito Drowning in chorus with the headsman’s gush......Read the rest...

...This is about a man whose name is Jesse Born In Kansas and raised in Missouri Was called to fight for his beloved country And assigned to defend an outlying territory Jesse fought as hard as ......Read the rest...