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giajl posted a new Poem titled TANKS 23 years ago
Out of the darkness , The rumble of Thunder . Tanks Tank alert , The snake stops , and splits . To the bare arsed slopes of the hills , Th...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled ONCE I WAS A SOLDIER 23 years ago
LEFTY,LEFTY,LEFTY. CRIED THE TAUNTING VOICES. JUST CHILDREN PLAYING A GAME. ONWARDS HE WALKED ,UNFALTERING. DEAF TO THE CRUEL NICKNAME. EMP...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled MEMORIES 23 years ago
MEMORIES   It’s that time of year again, when your bones begin to ache. A new born baby smiles , bringing untold delights . While a lon...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled PREDATORS 23 years ago
The predators are out there . Waiting. No need for sunset , or the growing of the dark. Their boldness is beyond compare. They’ll strike dur...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled REAL WOMEN 23 years ago
Real Women   I remember when women wore gloves, Stilettos high heels. Wore suspenders with stockings. Had breasts that were real. Befor...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled THE CAT WAS A HAT 23 years ago
Sitting  waiting in the gloom , of the crowded  room , A pair of amber eyes, seemingly floated past. Having appeared o...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled THE BRIEF 23 years ago
They said it was like a giant sponge. Had a bad water table, you see. We all grinned and laughed. The soldier’s laugh. If you dig a hole, i...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled INK 23 years ago
The pen's ink flowed, but the words didn't. The bottles contents went down. By the time he had a half decent thought, he was to pissed to wr...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled SPOCK 23 years ago
I joined the army, and saw the world. An insular military world. Sheltered from reality, poverty, unemployment. Life, but not as we know it...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled THE DINOSAUR 23 years ago
Do I seem bitter twisted?, with a chip on my shoulder?. Does my demeanour raise questions?. Is my criticism unjust?. A moaning old bastard...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled ONE MORE 23 years ago
One More   They’d got another one last night.He’s given up the ghost,He’d given up the fightThey found him early this morn.The gaunt an...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA 23 years ago
DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA  So you’re sorry, And that’s okay. Yesterday didn’t happen, Let’s live for today. My daddies dead. No hugs o...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled Telephone. 23 years ago
The Chinook flew, With us and its crew. Four, Plus eighty-nine. All because, The voice on the phone. Said we’re all alone, And had been,...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled WHEN I WAS YOUNG. 23 years ago
When I was young………. We’d holiday at the seaside. Where I’d climb the rocks, Catch fish from the piers. Swim in the deep blue sea. From off...
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giajl posted a new Poem titled We Won , Did We ? 23 years ago
Amongst the gaily colored crowd. Stood the old man. Proudly holding his little flag. Pallor less he stood in the tan great coat He cocked h...
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