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 / Becam…
http://www.youtube.com/user/jaysinmoussa Mister Curtis was a colourful character who used to frequent my uncle’s suit shop in Sydney. I later found out he was a Vietnam War veteran. That went a way to explaining the rhymes he invented about himself and his general demeanour. This is one of several songs I’ve written.
After 40 years, when you least expect it, that old PTSD will sneak up and bite you in the ass.
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…
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 / bla…
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 ...
Standing in the sand thinking…
Viet-Nam Veteran / Homeless / Any Street Corner / Some American City / 00000 / A Coin Phone Booth Oscarthebirdie@aol.com ...
Many veterans suffer after the return of duty. I hope you understand this poem letter because so many things in it are true. Please respect our soldiers, thank you
Vietnam, A Veterans Point of View / ...
There are many untold stories about the war in Vietnam and mine is just another one. However, each soldier faced a different battle because each mind saw it in a different way. Maybe one of those GI’s that fought alone side me saw something similar, but I don’t think he saw it with my eyes. So with all respect to the men that saw what I saw, felt like I did, suffered the same way I have, and still has the nightmares that has haunted us through the years, I believe this account will bring back some memories. Besides, you might be the only one that really understands what really happened way back then because these stories are not the ones that were ever told because of the guilt, or the fear that somebody might not believe us.)
I spot a little girl playing in the gentle surf that one time bubbled red with Canadian blood.
Contains some strong language.
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 few thoughts regarding being in the service of one’s country
Association for Adopting Graves at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. Paying a tribute to the many young service-members …
Restless legs, restless thoughts / Fading in and out of restless dreams
Who knows best of all and all too well? / It’s the ones who fought in the air, on land or sea, / And, also, the families of those who fell…
To think that I have been forgotten, / As I look like trash walking down the street. / People don’t salute or wave at me, / They stay away l…
There are still bitter veterans that walk the streets unnoticed. I have talked to some in my life, and it’s hard to believe we had forsaken them. They choose not to come in because they are still lost.
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 …
Five years ten days ago / you were on your way home from war when your Chinnok Helicopter was shot down.
Remembering my cousin on this dark anniversary. Critique is welcome (and encouraged)! It just doesn’t feel ... well, it doesn’t fell like I did the piece (or maybe my cousin) justice. Thank you to all who have, do, and will serve. /
WHAT A GREAT STORY / / B-17 Pilot Glenn Rojohn: “Piggyback Hero” 2planes The following war story took place on New Year’s Eve 1944 dur…
“This war is my war; it is in my image and I deserve it…Thus, I am this war.” Jean-Paul Sartre To augment the horizons towards the…
This is a play on words, using 86 words containing “MEN”. / The subject matter was inspired by reading the statistics of 6256 Veteran suicides in 2005, while 846 soldiers were killed in battle. In addition, more than 1/4th of US homeless are Veteran’s of Vietnam and all wars and conflicts that have followed. / mooner1 also just reminded me with his LZ series CCR
Consider this please, when you gaze in awe to the sky / Those fireworks that burst and boom, remind Vets of a time to die / / Each Colorfu…
Working with many Veteran’s of several eras of war with PTSD is what inspired these words…
Agitated and blistering with regret / That he lived / While others more worthy had died. / Life, he told me, was unkind and unjust
106 words, 15 lines – free verse.
The pain continued. A stinging sensation radiated from the middle of my back to my calves like fire.
An old veteran experiences excruciating back pain, but lives to laugh about it.
Veterans Fight …So Sad please visit…
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“Mina, stop leaning against the corn!” her mother said very angrily. Mina sometimes daydreams about the past when she does her chores. ...
This is an essay written by my lovely daughter, Shelby Renee Harris. She wrote this essay last year for a DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) contest. I really am glad to share this family treasure & gift with you all. I look forward to hearing any comments you might share at this time. Thanks for reading this essay which I hope helps us all to remember that so many have died so that we can enjoy our freedom today!
...and I’m sure some nights, even Buddha thought / laying his head down for sleep, / “I could have really stepped up my game today!”
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