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Open Poetry #4

Sentinels at Arlington

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 1999-11-11 10:41 PM

Like the lonely sentinels,
Whom they represent-
They guard the long forsaken shells-
And care not where they went.
Ash to ash, dust to dust-
Our nations proudest sons,
Lie beneath Virginia fields,
Victims of the guns.
A soldiers duty is to stand
And serve to make a hedge-
Protecting home and hearth and kin,
A nations cutting edge.
Forgotten heroes of the past-
Beneath the sod they lie,
I hear the bugles, fifes and drums,
As they muster in the sky!
“Forward march”! all in step-
They past reviewing stands,
Each one in his alloted spot
According to the lands...
They gave their all and shed their blood
To hold, to take some hill-
And after their objectives fell,
Their bodies lay so still.
The sentinels are silent ones-
Stark crosses, plain and white,
To grace the graves at Arlington
This cold, November night.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

1 posted 1999-11-11 10:52 PM

Gunslinger...this is a beautiful tribute. I love all these vetrans day poems

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Alis volat propriis
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Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

2 posted 1999-11-11 10:55 PM

Yes, very beautiful! Thank you!

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Denise

Marilyn
Member Elite

since 1999-09-26

Posts 2621
Ontario, Canada

3 posted 1999-11-11 11:41 PM

Wonderful tribute and very well written.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 1999-11-11 11:46 PM

A salute of honor ... very well done.

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Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

5 posted 1999-11-11 11:48 PM

Excellent!

Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

6 posted 1999-11-15 10:13 PM

Your words leave me breathless.

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