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Lisa Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 88Lunenburg,VT USA |
These wre actually written for Memorial Day but it's all about freedom and what people have gone through to achieve it. A Revolution We’ll build our nation strong, We’ll build our nation right And so we chose our colors, To be red and blue and white The red to stand for the courage, That we will need to fight The blue to stand for bravery, Since we must show out might The white will stand for honor, For purity and truth As we build this mighty nation, A home for me and you War of Independence A war of Independence, To prove we had the right To be an independent Nation, We had to flex our might They burnt our Nation’s Capital, While Jackson fought the war Good thing for Dolly Madison, She saved a picture and much more Drummer Boy A drummer boy is what I am, All day I beat the drum I sound the charge, Advance ,retreat, Even though I am So young Around me are the horrors, My nightmares just begun Sometimes I wish that I could be, At home safe with my Mum A Prayer My Brother’s gone to war in a uniform of gray And ever since he’s gone away my Mother’s cried each day My Husband wears a suit of blue, I pray they never meet Until this war is over, And they come home to me DoughBoy Screaming sounds from over head, Dogfights in the air Bullets whistle all around, Dirt lands in my hair Bombs exploding all around, And here I crouch in fear Will I ever make it home again, To those that I hold dear But I’m the doughboy brave and true, sent to save the day I’ll get those Jerry yet you know and soon be on my way Say Good-bye We wave good bye as they leave, our smiles firmly in place But our hearts are full of anguish, We hide our tears with haste They must not know our worries, That they may not come home All we can do is pray for them, And cry our tears alone GI I’m off to fight with Hitler and spit upon his face And tell him what I think of him and his superior race I’m off to fight the Japanese for their awful crime They bombed us at Pearl Harbor and killed a friend of mine I’m not sure if I’ll make it home to Mom and apple pie But I’ll know I’ve done my duty, I’m an American GI The Knock There came a knock upon the door, I answered it with dread Somehow I knew they’d come to tell me that my Bill was dead As I walked across the floor and anguish filled my heart I remembered all the good times and the day we had to part He told he’d come back to me but some thing told me no So held him a little tighter before he had to go And So My Bill’s a hero And he’s never coming back But I will always love him and try to deal with that The Conflicted War Here is the war that never was, No one admitted we ever fought, This was only a conflict they said, Then how come so many of us are dead, M.A.S.H. Units fought to save lives, Back at home they learned the Jive, So think if us and all we did, Some of us were only kids. A Bobby Soxer Rock and Roll was here to stay, this was the call of our day We bopped, and hopped, shimmied, and jived, A frantic pace to our lives, We wanted to forget all about war, It was on some distant shore The men and women in the news reels, they just didn’t seem to be real If we ignored it, it would disappear, We wouldn’t have to face our fears Vietnam’s Tears We were the soldiers of Vietnam, To us was done so much harm Battered and bruised we came back home, to find our selves all alone No one acknowledged all we’d done, they treated us like so much scum For many years we hid our pain, And now the tears fall like rain As we look upon the wall, at the names of friends that we saw fall Flower child’s song Make love not war, was what we said, don’t send our boys back to us dead keep them here safe at home, They shouldn’t have to war and roam Across the world, across the sea, To fight a war that shouldn’t be So some of us will run away, So we may live another day and so we protest, and make love beads, not to face these shocking deeds We are the Soldiers A soldier’s life is never the same, it changes day to day No Longer do I fight, for just the USA I am a keeper of the peace, all around the world I am the soldier of Desert Storm, Men and women too I’m fighting under my country’s flag, the red, white, and blue Army, Navy, Air Force, You’ll find us everywhere Fighting for our country, on land, on sea, or air We’re the soldiers of tomorrow, We’re the soldiers of today We’ll fight to keep our world safe, God Bless The USA |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Wow such patriotism! The last line of the last poem said it all. Very well done here. I enjoyed them all.  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. |
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Fred Hobbs Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 329Tallahassee, Florida, US |
I agree, these were terrific! So many poems and so many sad conflicts. You did a great job! fh |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Memorial Day bump. |
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Sweetest Sorrow X Member
since 2004-01-19
Posts 146From a cradle to a casket |
<3 L o v e i t You better count your lucky stars that everything I wish for..doesnt come true |
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