Showing posts with label Poems about Veterans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poems about Veterans. Show all posts
Friday, July 18, 2025

1970 - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   1970   When I came home I was asked by a boyhood friend ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

"I Guess You Saw a Lot of Action, Huh?" - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   “I Guess You Saw a Lot of...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Yes, But I Don't Own a Motorcycle - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Yes, But I Don’t Own a Motorcycle Are you a Viet-Nam veteran, old man?            Yes, but I don’t ...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Under the Shadow-Tree - a poem on Remembrance Day

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Under the Shadow-Tree For David Jones, 1895-1974 Poet, Artist Pte., Royal Welch Fusiliers O...
Friday, August 24, 2018

While Dressing for an American Legion Meeting - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com While Dressing for an American Legion Meeting A pair of slacks, a pair of shoes, a shirt A watch to ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

On the Resignation of the Executive Director of a Certain Veterans' Service Organization - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com On the Resignation of the Executive Director of a Certain Veterans’ Service Organization Our leader...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Dreamcatchers Along a Navajo Road - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Dreamcatchers Along a Navajo Road “…the war…often seems to have happened to someone else.” -C. ...
Friday, October 13, 2017

Viet-Nam Service Medal - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Viet-Nam Service Medal A dragon lurks among the bamboo trees And if sometimes half-hidden, still, al...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

"Have You Seen Ken Burns' Latest Television Show?" - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com "Have You Seen Ken Burns’ Latest Television Show?" No, I was in the play. I didn’t like it...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Memorial Day II: Bad Morning, Viet-Nam - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Bad Morning, Viet-Nam No music calls a teenager to war; There is no American Bandstand of death, N...
Saturday, March 4, 2017

Alter Christus, Alter Vir - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Alter Christus, Alter Vir For Reverend Angelo J. Liteky He died three times, for other men Who l...

Thank You for Your Service - Now Shut Up - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Thank You for Your Service – Now Shut Up Heat, mud, mosquitos, humiliation Despair, stand to, stand ...

Collateral Damage - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Collateral Damage His final defensive perimeter Room 304 in The Plaza Hotel Convenient to the bus s...
Monday, October 31, 2016

An American Legion Meeting - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com An American Legion Meeting O let us sit, our coffee cups to hand And discharge half-remembered boot...
Friday, January 29, 2016

A Proletarian Fellowship of Death - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Proletarian Fellowship of Death To have been lost in Indo-China is A core, a center asymmetrical ...