Life’s Purpose
I was once a soldier smart, Learned to stamp my feet, the art Of calling out ‘The Time’, the thrill Of perfect, synchronising drill.
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Poets Corner
Keswick Barracks (November 2017)
Keswick Barracks (November 2017) Being the 50th reunion of 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment —————- Old soldiers never die,
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An Acrostic Concerning Minor Tactics
Fighting needs a certain care, Its conduct ruled by those in place. But Righteous thoughts by those not there Ensure the fighters lose face.
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Conscripting – If Only
All the way with L. B. J. Was what we said back in the day. But what it meant, if truth to tell, Was two years servitude in hell.
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Caesar’s Ghost
Last night I spoke with Caesar’s ghost. We’d quaffed a glass or two of wine. But then the bastard made a boast – his blokes would beat mine.
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Driveway ANZAC
ANZAC 2020 This morning was surreal It didn’t feel quite right Not standing there with others As we waited for
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Immediate Action and Life’s Handicap
When tracer snarls about your ears Because the bastard knows your there. When so much noise explodes the fears And
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PAIN IN PEACE
The tiny body, closely wrapped, lies dreaming in the dark. Her dreams bewitched with fantasies, prolific though obscure. Her measured
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Fallen Warrior
Your life so young, by your own hand, was taken, Because, by those who sent you, you were forsaken. When
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The Writings on the Wall
Where is this wall we talk about, the one with all the names By a lake, in a park not
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A Thousand Men Are Marching By
A thousand men are marching by, A glassy stare in every eye, As they pass the sky grows red, We are not the living, but the dead.
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ALWAYS – Tanker 134
Three heroes left to do their job. three did not return Every task cheating death, peril at every turn
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A Big Adventure
It was all a big adventure when I went away to war. It couldn’t really be too bad, our fathers
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The Veteran’s Child
My folks met before I was born, they served our nations’ cause Down through generations, our loyalty did not pause
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The night she said goodbye
“I think the Army’s changed you,” She said to me that night. “And now you’re going to Viet Nam, And I don’t think that’s right.”
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JUST A YOUNG BLOKE
When I was just a young bloke, I thought I’d been around, I might have been a country boy, but
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