TANKA AND HAIKU ASSORTMENT FOR MEMORIAL DAY
(To keep blogging…I gotta keep writing!)
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Memories still sting
Of loved ones gone to battle,
Not so long ago…
Death rattles’ painful image,
Softened because they’re at peace.
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Distant grave await
The trumpet’s call to freedom
Few expect to hear!
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Many nights we cried,
For young people lost in lands
Where we never went…
Some surprised us at the door,
Some have never been confirmed!
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Mainstream media
Too cheap to set aside time
For those who gave all.
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Flowers sprout on graves,
American flags renewed…
Showing someone cares:
Looted medallions sold,
Kids whose memories are cheap.
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Millions remember
Where valor is still valued
Sacrifice mattered.
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Many old movies,
All that money–nothing new?
Corporations don’t…
Christian networks do the most,
Special networks fan the flame.
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Rhine bridge was intact
“Padre was busy”
Won’t happen today!
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—Jonathan Caswell