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- Anticipatory Grief
- Anticipatory Grief by Jack Haas Feels like an act of betrayal of letting go of one who is still very much alive My son in Iraq and brief phone calls home I'm fine. I'm O.K. Terror is not a war it is the present spectre always over my shoulder of two men in uniform with the impossible news He's gone. He's gone. Too many time in one day I prepare for what cannot be I pray for the blessing selfishly from a father's heart keep him safe from all harm …
Read More - Angels In Uniform
- Angels In Uniform D. Mayhew I am a proud father of a U.S. Marine stationed in Iraq at this time. The year and a half that he has been in the Marines has done wonders for not only him, but for me as a father. When he graduated from High School, he had no goals, wasn't sure what he wanted to do or be, since then he has come to realize that not all hard working U.S. citizens are in the public work force. He has made my wife and …
Read More - American Soldier
- Once a Marine is always a Marine. I wrote a poem about an "American Soldier" I am spreading this poem all across America because the soldier is what is protecting our freedom. D. Henry American Soldier by D Henry I am an American soldier, I'm strong and I'm Brave. I must keep up a good fight, for the people that I save. No matter what circumstances may come to my path The enemy will shed as they see God's wrath. This sweat, this desert, the thirst of us all. We …
Read More - A Marine… My Father
- In Memory of Sgt. Leeds, O.E. Jan 16, 1929 to March 19, 2001 A Marine... My Father by Laura Ann Just a young man of twenty three, you devoted your life to the U.S.M.C. The Few, the proud... Semper Fidelis. By heart you know "The Hymn's" every chorus. You taught us as children to sing every word, and Proudly you welcome the song that you heard. Courage and Wisdom you gave to us all As a Marine and a Father you always stood tall. Your love for the "Corps" could …
Read More - A Marine, A Brother: A Marine Has Died Today!
- A Marine, A Brother by Gary Arney USMC 1966-69 7th FMF, 5/28th A Marine Has Died Today! He was born of the womb, and raised by his parents. It could have been that his dad and his grand dad were Marines, but A Marine Has Died Today! He played cowboys and Indians and Army with his friends in his youth, he played sports and chased the girls In High School, But A Marine Has Died Today! He was too young to drive and too young to drink, but old enough …
Read More - A United States Marine
- A United States Marine by Don Kozak They stand in line, their faces taunt, their eyes stare straight ahead. A deadly gaze they pierce right through, their backs cannot be breeched, fingers tight in a vice like grip the steel in their hands, not a hair is out of place. The uniform is proudly worn; the chest could burst its buttons. Dark and blue with blood red piping, golden buttons polished true. To finish off the leather neck his mane is high and tight, his cap is white, and his …
Read More - A Marine
- A Marine by Cpl. Louis A. (Tony) Gilman As you scrambled off the bus And raced toward the yellow footprints The Drill Instructors yelled at you to reach, You began to change. You suffered intense pain, physical & mental anguish For the next 12 weeks and took it all, because you wanted to be One of the best. You must have run hundreds of miles with those Crazy men in Smokey Bear hats yelling at you to move your ass, Pick up the pace, you maggot! 80 of you at …
Read More - In All Seasons
- In All Seasons Kathleen C. For I miss you in the winter In its shades of white and gray With the chilling snow and sleek ice putting nature on display. The shining sun has gone to slumber and the days are long and trying. The silence is only broken up by the sounds of the icicles chiming. For I miss you in the summer Warm sun, warm air, blue skies The world breaks out to enjoy the weather taking the summer breeze as its guide. The colors are quite different- …
Read More - All I want for Christmas
- Sgt Grit, My name is Sara Figgins and a Christmas poem I wrote for Cpl Mark Olsen who is stationed in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. All I want for Christmas Sara Figgins All I want for Christmas, Although your far away, Is for you to know I think of you especially today, All I want for Christmas, Although your boots are filled with sand, Is for you to know I care about you in a far distant land, All I want for Christmas, Although your many deeds go unknown, Is …
Read More - All In Vain
- Thanks for your terrific news letters. The poem I?m sharing was written 3 days before I was critically wounded by a VC sniper near Quang Tin Vietnam in 1967. By the grace of God, I survived and after many months of recovery I was medically discharged from the Corps. I?m sharing my writing to honor those heroes I left behind so many years ago and to honor all the brave men and women who are now serving this great nation that we proudly call America. Semper Fi. All In Vain …
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