Tag: War
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Georgia & Footprints in Time
We spent a week in Georgia on our property there. It is was nice but a bit sad. Raining in reality and in relationships. Funny how things can change. When someone is ill from drugs or alcohol and they get straight or die it is generally true that the family and those close by are…
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truth slain and random thoughts over ice cream 8.14.17
Truth Slain on a TV Stand The morning bell was met head-on And each child followed the trail as winter won To where truth then was set upon and promptly slain For sadly truth had gathered thinking it safe As if fearing safety it mattered simply not The rot that had grown up in Webster’s…
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A Sunday Night Poem: Passages along with random thoughts about nothing important 2248/080617
The Peppermint Lounge, Montego Bay, 1962 By Gordon Kuhn copyright 08.06.2017 all rights reserved. There once was a whore house in Montego Bay Where $2 bought a pitcher of beer and 5 got you a lay There bronze skinned ladies with loose dresses would sway with the music until the break of day Never letting…
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Battle Flag
Battle Flag The battle flag sudden snapped and swung up to fly in the wind Above the post on the hill that even God had not known about back then On a hot and sticky day where boys waited amid the baking heat All seemed to stand still in the sudden roar of quiet…
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FRIENDSHIPS, WONDERS, BAGPIPES, AND WHO’S ON FIRST
A friend called and asked Jan and I out to dinner. It was fun. Jan and I have not seen them in a long time. Jean and Mike! We went to a Mexican restaurant locally (like where else would we go? oh, just thought we’d pop off in a commercial jet and wing our way…
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Damn, I forgot what I was going to write about.
Do you ever do that; forget what you are writing about? I just did, and I thought it was important at the time. My error was straying to Facebook and getting into a conversation there with someone who knows nothing of what is taking place with our military. I’m sorry, I think our military should…
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BATTLE FLAG
Battle Flag The battle flag snapped and swung up to fly in the wind Above the post on the hill that even God had forgotten about back then Rifles swung up and pointed out and down across the clearing Searing rounds were sent out for the human shearing A burst returned ripped holes in…
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GOD WENT FOR A WALK — Title Poem
GOD WENT FOR A WALK is a soon to be published book of poetry. It follows on The Widow’s Cliff and on Rabbit in a Box. Currently there are 129 poems in this collection. I will be adding and editing and posting here. God Went for a Walk I woke to hear a rooster throw…
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VETERAN!
Copyright by Gordon Kuhn 11/10/2015 On this day the United States Marine Corps is 240 years old. I and other Marines all celebrate today worldwide. Veteran! Three simple syllables. Yet, one of the most powerful words in our lexicon. One of the most meaningful. It identifies the person so called as having a place in…
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About July Fourth & an update on Predator.
Surviving the Fireworks Well, we survived another fourth of being hammered with explosions and pieces of burning munitions falling from the sky. I’ve not been out to look at the screen porch. Hopefully it is okay. Some people just don’t understand that what goes up has to come back down. Fortunately it rained before the…
THOUGHTS OF A POET IN THE RAIN 