Contemplating strength…
Telephone Poles
Strong men strive for fame
Throwing those telephone poles
Called the heavy games
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Category Archives: Courage
The Killing Shot
Courage, sacrifice, and getting the job done…
The Killing Shot
He shoved the bad guy
Deflecting the killing shot
Job done. As he died…
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A tribute to a best friend I never met…
From – A Warrior’s Tears: Poems Of Pain – (aWIP)
Heroism should be celebrated. Pass it on…
The Way You Act
Contemplating fear and courage…
The Way You Act
When panic is near
Courage is the way you act
NOT, feeling no fear
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle – (aWIP)
Have you been there? Tell us about it…
Never More Alive
Contemplating fear and being alive…
Never More Alive
Adrenalin’s breath
Never more alive than now
Nearly scared to death
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle – (aWIP)
Share your story and maybe I can write a piece on that…
The Brave Can
Contemplating the mob…
The Brave Can
In all the clamor
Only the brave can muster
The will for manners
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From – Straight Thru the Curves: A Book of Haiku
Have you seen this? Have you been there? Tell us about it…
One Of Them Should Be Dead
Contemplating fate and the wonder of being left alive…
Excerpted from – One Of Them Should Be Dead
… Drawn down. “Kill me,” she pled
Shotgun jerked. With fear eyes went wide
One of them surely should have died
Leaving the walk stained red
Just luck no round chambered
Held his fire, when he should have shot
Twelve gauge aimed at him and its trigger pulled …
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle – (aWIP)
Peaceful Protest
Contemplating truth and commitment…
Peaceful Protest
Savoring each breath
In a monk’s peaceful protest
Burned himself to death
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From – Straight Thru the Curves: A Book of Haiku – (aWIP)
The Sword Cuts
Contemplating life, death, and the struggle…
The Sword Cuts
The sword cuts
And I die
The ending’s abrupt
No wondering why
Triumph is near
Look at history
Cleansed of fear
Death can be victory
Life opens and shuts
Doomed from the crib
The sword cuts
And I live
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From – A Warrior’s Battles: Poems of Struggle (aWIP)
Southbound Went North
Everyday people, extraordinary heroes…
Excerpted from – Southbound Went North
…So they moved despite the pall
The shock would have to wait along with wondering how
For now they had to figure a way off and out of being cornered
Construction workers hailed exhorting them to cross the divide
These men that stood on the bridge as it fell worthy of an epic poem
And thanks to them several southbound went north to get home
And would arrive…
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From – Bridges Don’t Fall Down: Stories from the I35W Bridge Collapse
Sacrifice Remembered
Remembering those that serve…
Sacrifice Remembered
Finding a way to pay back
A mom with her own serving children
Works to make sacrifice remembered again
Each month they honor another so we don’t lose track
But it’s more than that
A celebration of lives
Cut short but full of life and accomplishment
And in the mission there’s one more commitment
Supporting children, husbands, and wives
Of those that served that
Need somewhere to stay while the doctors try to bring back
Their chance to live as full as they can again
Don’t let memories be lost in the din
Remember them now and after Afghanistan and Iraq
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From – A Warrior’s Tears: Poems of Pain (aWIP)
In honor of Patricia Boyd and her efforts on the Fallen Heroes Calendar
Available at MilitaryHeroesFoundation.Org:
Proceeds go to the Fisher House supporting military families