MEDITATION: Why Read Poetry?
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Masculinity, Honor, Justice, Perseverance, and Faith
A post for you on mindfulness, while sipping your coffee. Have a cup and enjoy a tale. In a culture where the clamor of modern life often drowns the voices…
In Memory of Mighty Men Who Marched
In Memory of Mighty Men Who Marched by Donavon L Riley O Lord of Hosts, hear our humble heart’s prayer, In memory of mighty men who marched, Bold warriors, bearers…
Give No Truces to Your Enemies
Give No Truces to Your Enemies by Donavon L Riley “Where you recognize evil, speak out against it, and give no truces to your enemies.” — Havamal The ‘Havamal’ is…
Remember the Child Born
Remember the Child Born by Donavon L Riley In the mead-hall of memory, bold-hearted war-farers stand, Shield-wielders of the kingdom, warders of the land. Before ice-cold gusts, sagas of untold…
Young to Old
Boys turn into young men when they finish boot camp. Young men turn into men when the gunfire begins. When the gunfire ends, the young boy is nevermore. He is…
The Poetic Soul of General Patton: Unveiling the Artistic Side of a Military Legend
General George S. Patton, renowned for his strategic brilliance and unwavering leadership on the battlefield during World War II, is not typically associated with the world of poetry. However, beyond…
Why You Should Write Poetry
Why You Should Write Poetry By Donavon L Riley In the often harsh, unforgiving day to day experiences of our existence, life-altering, often devastating events become the jagged stones that…
Unveiling the Silent Struggles: Suicide in Poetry within Military History
“What is this war? It is mud, trenches, blood, rats, lice, bombs, pain, barbed wire, decaying flesh, gas, death, rain, cats, tears, bullets, fear and a loss of faith in…
I Have a Rendezvous with Death, Alan Seeger
“What is this war? It is mud, trenches, blood, rats, lice, bombs, pain, barbed wire, decaying flesh, gas, death, rain, cats, tears, bullets, fear and a loss of faith in…