War Verse Poems

Silence be bright. Do not be a dull pine needle that cannot pierced the heart.
Nor like the calmness of the river after a storm. Be...

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The Raven and the Bard
-Daniel Henry Rodgers

The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night,
Its haunting words, a melody of fright.
The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's"...

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Nothing to see so little to hear
speak and be silenced.
Smells peculiar...
Are my thoughts even mine?
Everything is glorious in the shadows of night
Bright lights that dim...

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If only the French could speak German,
and Germans could greet the English,
If only the English could speak Spanish,
and the Spanish admire Italian Margherita!
only if Russians...

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keeping 
the sad notes
locked away
keeps me
sane
however
sometimes
it hurts
not to hurt
and I need
a little cut
to bleed away 
some of
life's pain
so I write 
a little poem...

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What am I doing? This 
Isn't me. I'm watching myself
Commit the unthinkable in 
The name of duty and
I hate it.

Everyone is heralding me 
A hero
When...

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I  call the law! Am dialing it now! Hello!
 Spirit friend speak time to what time has been even to my enemies this be...

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Silent tears filled her broken heart
Her emotions and feelings were torn apart
She could have become more
Yet society and its notions forbid her from making the...

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If only you knew the feel of a zephyr,
With its current swooping around hillsides
Ruffling the spruce trees everywhere,
Or descend downwards towards verdant vales
Where flowers bloom...

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On the eve of that somber, stormy night,
I began to see strings of spring swirling soundlessly
along the thread-thin blade of this culinary cutlery.
Why does gravity...

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I can’t stop thinking,
That the earth is round, round
Like African women,
That the seagulls are white,
That dogs are crazy,
They bark at poets, writers,

I can’t stop thinking,
That...

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Dear Margot

We have never met
sixteen going on seventeen
every child should have dreams
yours stolen at nineteen
I wish I knew, truly
is it evil or hate?
to steal the...

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Just add beer and abracadabra . . . 
Flavor galore! 
Just don’t add too much . . . 
Alcoholism is a disease. 
It should cook...

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The election of 2024
Presents an existential choice
Which old white grandpa dude

Both past their prime time 
Do you support for president?

Friendly, grandpa 
Who has been president
For...

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Throughout the ages of time
men have marched
men have fought
men have bled
men have died
For a field of land deemed strategic, an advantage, even holy
ghosts of wars...

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