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Stephen posted a new Poem titled IRONY 1 week ago
As the Marine handed her the folded flag She recalled the last words he said to her “Don’t worry Mom, I am certainly no hero,” Hugging his m...
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Stephen posted a new Poem titled SUN RISING RED 1 week ago
The sun rose with red flames in the morning sky The incessant drone of jets firebombing napalm Like so many daybreaks the air full of fatali...
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Stephen posted a new Poem titled THE IRONY OF HEROISM 1 week ago
Having joined the U.S. navy to avoid combat, From his forward machine gunner position on a PBR The irony not lost on him cruising the Mekong...
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Stephen posted a new Poem titled THE NIGHT 1 week ago
The nights in Vietnam were worse than the day The mind creating delusions worse than war The queer jungle sounds grating on the mind Knowing...
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Stephen posted a new Poem titled AFTER THE BATTLE 1 week ago
Not a sound was heard after the ferocious battle Save the sobbing of a Vietnamese child-warrior His death sounds from afar breaking the sile...
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Stephen posted a new Poem titled NO ATHEISTS IN A FOXHOLE 1 week ago
He was a Christian of the most devout kind Who had always been taught by his elders There were no atheists in the foxhole at war He and his...
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Stephen posted a new Poem titled DAILY SOAP OPERA 1 week ago
The communist containment action in Vietnam Played out daily like a nightly soap opera A monk graphically self-immolating himself A naked ch...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Running on fumes? No, running from them 1 week ago
There once was a man named Jake Love, rarely with his wife, he would make She said 'Every time we start I want to quickly depart He farts in...
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redbrick posted a new Poem titled the coelacanth 1 week ago
  "The Coelacanth"   Deep in the dark of an unmapped shelf,Where pressure is heavy and light is thin,A rhythm that pulses only to...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Can 1.2 billion followers be wrong? 1 week ago
There was a born-again Christian named Vin Bored with the life he found himself in  Decided 'Who would it hurt If I chose to convert? B...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Been like this since their nephew’s bris 1 week ago
There was a Jewish man named Lou Who wanted to leave his wife Sue Said 'I have to leave Sue, see She gave me the flu, see'  I'd do the...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled He's a Muslim, wishes his wife was slim 1 week ago
Abdul was a Muslim you'd often hear holler  'Need someone to help me, Inshallah I know how crazy this sounds  My wife weighs 300 p...
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starlover2103 posted a new Poem titled Woman 1 week ago
A woman noticed something strange at every family gathering. If she arrived early, nobody cared. If she stayed late, nobody noticed. But th...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled Good love, bad location 1 week ago
A young man from Brooklyn, Jose Fell in love with a gal from the Bronx named Faye But he left her brokenhearted Their relationship, barely s...
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Teytonon posted a new Poem titled My Country ‘Tis of T 1 week ago
There's been talk that President Donald Trump, 'T', is a racist. The leader of our country a racist? That's a serious charge. I figured if a...
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