Poetry: The Fable of Your Face
Get to know her again. One moment at a time. It's going to be hard...but worth it if you fight for it together .
Mike-Editor
Wife
I travel blindly looking for you.
Shoulders as rich as... Read More...
“The American News Media – A Marine’s Diatribe”
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I wrote this poem back in 2005 while stationed with 2nd BTO Company, USMC, on Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia. The entire poem is still very relevant today; without any editing. Enjoy……
“The America... Read More...
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 all that we once believed in"
Otto Dix
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Poetry: Back Into The Silent Country
We go back into the silent country
Where the breathe of sky galactic
Shudders
Hot sky acquiesces
Wild apples dandled
Birth throes skein wrapped fantastic.
Cry red into the elasti... Read More...
Poetry: Fragments of A Man’s Life
Who are the living and the dead?
Wrestle with twilight, off to bed
Drink to men who are no longer here
Who are they? It isn't clear
A broken mirror and shattered glass
Remembering age... Read More...
What is Your Quest for Fire? Are you breathing flames? If NOT then WHY NOT?
The movie Quest for Fire is probably one of the funniest movies I recall seeing within the last 30 years. It’s not a comedy though it has comedic moments. The 1981 movie Quest for Fire is based off the 1911 Bel... Read More...
GI Jane: I Never Saw a Wild Thing Feel Sorry for Itself
Years ago (1997), the movie GI Jane came to theatres, with Demi Moore in the starring role beginning her journey to become a U.S. Navy SEAL. The movie ends with the character, Navy SEAL Master Chief John Urgayl... Read More...
My Fallen Friends (Poem)
While taking a mandatory arts class at Saint Leo University, at Savannah Center, the class was assigned a final project. For the final project I had to sing a song, dance a dance, or write and recite a poem. I ... Read More...
Poetry: War Machine-Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First... Read More...
War Poetry: Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position... Read More...