Remembrance (Memorial Day Repost)

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Open Poetry #42

Remembrance (Memorial Day Repost)

Huan Yi
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since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2008-05-25 02:54 PM

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Eventually
this is all one has
of the long strong column
sweating down the road.

The captain in front
with a cane he doesn't need.
Sounds of boots,
their dusty notes in unison.

A short time sergeant
staying out of the sun.

Watching
man by man
marching on

mile by mile
through the tiger hour.

John
(USMC 69-73, Da Nang 70)

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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-05-25 03:00 PM

Yo John,

This is excellent work on heavy lifting.

Bobby--U. S. Army, 1960-1963

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2008-05-25 11:02 PM

Wishing you Peace on Memorial Day, John.

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2008-05-25 11:21 PM

This 'write' finely captures a slice (effective impression)
of the (all-time) 'everyman' soldier's reality...

My father's war (W.W. II) seems to have been one of
'absolute necessity'...sadly, 'military actions' ever since
appear to be rather ever-increasingly difficult to 'explain
and defend' (particularly current circumstances) from most
any perspective...

applause for this 'penning!'

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