Short Sergeant Poems

daughters drill sergeant
was nicknamed mother Russia
sons disneyland...

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sixty-fourth birthday
one candle on the cake
my wife's gift
the Sergeant Pepper album
*will you still love me when. . ."...

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Robert Streater a royalist
&a Sergeant Painter artist
Best known for ceiling of the Sheldonian
& clearly a Charles II appointed 'man'...

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War Tanka
A master sergeant 
Walked out of camp at night
Murdering Afghans 
Nine of them were children 
Their demise caused no uproar...

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A maple leaf fell off the flag
When Mounted Police hit a snag
Some maple syrup
Stuck to his stirrup
Voilà Sergeant Preston in drag!...

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Hey when its over its over
Squad Sergeant combing his grove
Takes out the vice shredders

I'm not gonna leave in a scuffle
I'll shake your hand and grin
Wish you a nice afterlife...

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Found out the law would put him under lock
He hung himself from the old tower clock
Was to be tried for flashing
Said the Sergeant in passing
His untimely death came as quite a shock...

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In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.

Brian Strand  Rhyme me an olf TV show-Sergeant Bilko...

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Alas, Abe Lincoln was fatally shot forsooth,

By that nefarious cad John Wilkes Booth!

Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett,

Sending him on his well-deserved eternal orbit!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved...

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C troop is the sloppiest, the sergeant told me. stay away.
can’t I help them get better? I asked, my big mistake that day.
No, they are cupcakes, he told me, soft and not much good at war.
I ran over to take a peek. They were tasty, that’s for sure!...

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The Honeymooners
  Burns & Allen
Mister Ed, Mork & Mindy
  My Favorite Martian, My Three Sons

Sergeant Bilko, Dobie Gillis
  O, for the shows that used to thrill us
You Bet Your Life, the Jack Benny Show
  I can't list more ~ they're all I know...

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If everybody had an ocean
it would be the bomb
everybody'd be surfin'
like in Vietnam
when we're on R&R
we surf China Beach
get away from the war
and the jungle heat
a little vacation
out of the way of harm
tell the Sergeant we're surfin'
Surfin' Vietnam...

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When I’m Sixty-Four

In days of Sergeant Pepper,
When I was twelve years old,
The Beatles recorded a track,
That was Pepper solid gold.

A tune written tongue and cheek,
“When I’m Sixty-Four”
Never believing when I was twelve,
I could ever reach that score....

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The infernal bane of Private Beetle Bailey,

   Is Sergeant Snorkel who pounds him daily!

      Beetle has mastered the fine art of goldbricking,

         And somehow manages to survive his daily licking!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved...

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Rest in Peace faithful one
Your duty is done
It’s time to return your gear 
The sergeant will mark you clear

Your mates will remember you
With the laughter and tears too
They will form your guard of honour
And will toast you as a true blue copper.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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“I am going to peek out the foxhole!” The squirrel told his troop.
“Don’t call it that!” screeched Finicky Farlane, spilling his soup.
Seriously, it is called that for real, Finicky, said Sergeant McBeal.
They should rename it then, Farlane said, spilling the rest of his meal....

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L – Little Larry Leadfoot
I –  insisted on
C – careening around
K – key intersections
E – endangering himself, 
T – terrifying other
Y – youngsters. 

S – Sergeant Smart
P – persisted in
L – law enforcement,
I –  impounding Larry’s
T – tricycle.

written April 6, 2018...

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Sergeant Schmo was chef in an Army mess.

   He excelled in concocting S.O.S.,

      But troops preferred M.R.E.s,

         They were very hard to please!

            Don't know what S.O.S. is?  Take a guess!

(P.S.:  Ask a veteran nearest you what S.O.S. is - the answer will astound you!)...

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He
like a drink
      did granpa
      Shreeve
Sergeant stripes
still on his
       sleeve-
Victorian born
        buckled belt
        boots,trousers
braced
strong
           silent,twirled
           of moustache
           rigid
upright
no ceremony-
            faded
            sepia grey
            in
memory...

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My imagination plays
I lie around watching
Not caring though
Not terribly concerned

Not rushing anything
Letting my muse Trixie have her way
I do not involve myself
Until the rewrites anyway

She is yelling at imagination now
Using her drill sergeant voice
Making it give her one hundred percent
I turn over and go back to sleep...

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I've had one of those sleeps
That is made up 
Of the regular check in
"Eyes open, check asleep, all present and correct, resume sleep"
I'd prefer one of those "I don't know what I've been told" chants, if a Sergeant Major is on the scene
But I seem to have Colonel Hathi from the Jungle Book
I'm still tired, in case you haven't guessed...

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There once was a private named Moon.

He was taller than most in his platoon.

Some said he was a kind hearted goon.

His problem was a drill sergeant named Wreds.

Because Moon was taller than Wreds by two heads.

It’s very difficult to take a scolding seriously

When the sergeant’s head meets you mysteriously

In your neverlands...

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TRUE GRIT
He
liked a drink
      did granpa
      Shreeve
Sergeant stripes
still on his
       sleeve-
Victorian born
        buckled belt
        boots,trousers
braced
strong
           silent,twirled
           of moustache
           rigid
upright
no ceremony-
            faded
            sepia grey
            in
memory...

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I'd buy Stars And Stripes on Thursdays
To plan Saturday's volksmarch trip.
Vineyards along the Mozel,
On bluffs above castles,
Thru medieval towns;
This Sergeant loved
Those German
Volksmarch
Hikes...

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Move!/
Wait!/
Hurry!/
Yes, Sergeant!/
Make your buddy smile!/
Straighten ranks; fix your intervals!/
You have twenty seconds and ten are already gone!/
You are no longer new recruits, you are now soldiers; congratulations!/...

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