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Five Years by dolphinkist

Five years ten days ago / you were on your way home from war when your Chinnok Helicopter was shot down. 375 words

Somalia Sunrise by John Howard

Standing in the sand thinking… 389 words

To all our military men and women by Sarah Grace

I can’t explain why I like this picture. Something about it just grabbed me when I saw it through the viewfinder. I’m glad it turned out well. 482 words

Mister Curtis by Jason Moses

He stepped off a plane one day / Onto familiar sands. / A hero’s welcome played / By a marching band. / Cowboy boots and too-large hat / Became his distinctive style. / He even met me on a bus … 150 words

Its Time to Stay Home by James Peele

From Pearl Harbor to Soul to Hoe Chi Min to Granada / Can you not see / That I am all ragged and torn. / From Kuwait to Iraq and back again / Can you not see / That I am all ragged and torn. 201 words

I Am A Veteran by oscarelizondo

I know you have heard of men like me from story books, / Sometimes a war that kills brings us soldiers some sorry looks. / You have honored us in saluting the flag that we hold up with pride, / It is… 209 words

My Father's Flag by JackieDoss

Neatly folded into a triangle / wrapped in a plastic bag / sitting on the top shelf / of my spare bedroom closet / is the flag that once / blanketed / my father’s casket. 106 words

Fallen but not Forgotten by Jo Nijenhuis

Association for Adopting Graves at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. / Paying a tribute to the many young service-members who gave their life for our freedom, and making certain that th… 219 words

Dedicated to all Veterans by Tez Watson

We followed our forebears in battle formation / Ever determined to defend our little nation / In the air, on the oceans, at sea and on land / A unique and unified, disciplined band. 197 words

cursed by a village for caring by Jomvik

she was under an orange tarp with her sister, in a field, beside a tree / laying in her own excretement, urine and the breakdown now of her body / it was more than 50 degrees easily / the horn of afr… 625 words

~her~ by Jomvik

one of those ghosts who ends up disturbingly real / even amongst us hardcases, our vehicles, our Guns, she made me nervous / so absolutely still, standing on a mud wall, tall & deathly pale / wha… 301 words

raining in me by Jomvik

bleeding wounds that Ive caused and that are mine 460 words

Ghost Of the Vietnam Memorial by MChris

I can see you standing there, / Looking as you do not care / And what about you do no know, / As your feelings inside grow / I see the wonder in your eyes, / As you begin to realize / Trying to put y… 151 words

Aren't you? Me too--See we are so much alike by Cara Schingeck

Now I am in my garden / I’m singing this song / Made a list this evening / It’s important… 224 words

A Salute To A Veteran by oscarelizondo

A Salute To A Veteran / Please stand with me as I salute to a veteran from our great nation, / He is buried in this cemetery honoring his country that he served. / I placed a flag on his grave as a r… 252 words

Veteran by MadisonPalmer

Sir, I can hear your intake of oxygen, would you mind toning it down a little? The sound is deafening. It sickens me to see you in such a condition. 107 words

a story i tell... by Jomvik

…that later i regret / and what of why i do tell and is this me that has been through this that i hear / is this me… / for i know i talk as i feel the vibration in my throat / i hear this… 228 words

I Sat Beneath A Veteran-Oak by devotee1

I sat beneath a Veteran-oak, / In awe of His strength— / Here was a solid spirit! / Sympathy you get from Willow, / But stiff upper-lip from old soldiers, / With forged bark — / His limbs flexed, cut… 257 words

humbling span of time by Jomvik

“he stood at a distance. / safe. / curious. / watched the barbarians. the heathens. the infidels. us”. 318 words

A Viet-Nam Veteran's Letter by oscarelizondo

Viet-Nam Veteran / Homeless / Any Street Corner / Some American City / 00000 / A Coin Phone Booth / Oscarthebirdie@aol.com / March 11, 2008 / To All American Citizens / Every American A… 487 words

Lone Wolf by Crafter67

Agitated and blistering with regret / That he lived / While others more worthy had died. / Life, he told me, was unkind and unjust 102 words

hollow songs by Jomvik

“under well worn poncho crouched in this pouring rain” 128 words

Even Mother Teresa by knowingphoto

…and I’m sure some nights, even Buddha thought / laying his head down for sleep, / “I could have really stepped up my game today!” 284 words

Oh Brother Where Art Thou by Marcella Hadden

Drugs and alcohol – I hate what they do to our loved ones. 134 words

Three Rooms by Brittanylovex3

A calm light blue room with the lights half on and half off. The windows slightly closed with the blinds wide open to show the scenery outside. There are shelves running along every wall full of boxe… 238 words

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