Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Because they served – v3

Remember them always
those who went for us
into harm’s way
to guard, to protect us

Because they served
we have life, liberty
Happiness inside
what we make of it

our hope, our dream
as a people as a nation
bound in the service,
in their sacrifice

Because they served
and sacrificed for us
we are convicted, challenged
to make this world, this nation,
better than we found it


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edited November 11, 2014
Because they served  - v3

Veteran’s Day
edited May 24, 2014
Because they served – v2
November 11, 2010
Because they served
Veteran’s Day
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edited May 24, 2014
“Thanking a Veteran – v4”
Edited May 27, 2013
“Thanking a Veteran – v3”
Edited November 5, 2012
“Thanking a Veteran – v2”
Edited September 11, 2012
new poem, “Thanking a Veteran”
&
All of my Veteran’s Day poems
&
All of my Memorial Day poems
& earlier poem:
November 11, 2010
“In the Rain, in that Place”
Veteran’s Day 2010
and remembering being
at the Vietnam Memorial
during the 10th anniversary
Veteran’s Day 1992

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