No mass media coverage.No sad eyed CNN reportertold of his gentle sweetnesswhile ignoring daemons that raged. Shifty Powers died today,and a better Continue Reading
Chickamauga Ghosts
It's always September 19and the ghosts wanderas I stop to ponderthrough a fog screen. 19,000 young men deadbefore the silence came.Yank and Reb the Continue Reading
Built To Last
Punch. Punch. Thwack. Punch.Ten hours straight, 30 minute lunch.Bucking rivets into turbine shrouds,"Pratt Built Is Best Built,"says the Continue Reading
Burgers on the Grill
It was a burgers on the grill holiday.Warm weather means mellow charcoaland ice cold beers in the late Spring.The sun shone down brightlyand NASCAR Continue Reading
Beautiful Morning Star
Brittle cold air descends upon usECWCS, thermals, and gear barely slowAll the probing frigid fingersUrging themselves skin-ward;Tiny lances of Continue Reading
No Glory in Captivity: Remembering the Bataan Death March
"I don't think there's any glory in being a prisoner of war, and I'd made up my mind, when it looked desperate ...I told everybody: 'I'm not going to Continue Reading
Battle Rattle
This helmet is heavy and hurts my head.Tight vest with armored plates in it,It chafes my tired shoulders so much.I wish I didn't have to wear this Continue Reading
All Those Crosses
All those white crosses stand in a rowon nameless hills in Europe,in fields of France,on beaches too.All those white stones stand in a rowon the green Continue Reading
89 Days
There are 89 days untilTuesday, November 11, 2008 On the 11th hour of the 11th dayWe shall pause to prayFor those who put on the uniformAnd stood Continue Reading
229 Years Later
Independence Dayin Mid America.Flags flying high.Military men marchin column form.Old Glory foremost."Yo Left yo right yo left.Right-turn…Harch!"New Continue Reading
The Vets’ Park
"I PLEDGE allegiance, to the FLAG, of the UNITED States of America . . . " Some words hang in the air.A little more power put them there;a pledge Continue Reading
The Flag Above
Red, white and blue she flies,Edging away from her tethers,Demanding we stand and salute. Where the flagpole stoodHigh in front of the Post Continue Reading