Yes, Karla, this is the real spirit of July 4th. The people who sacrifice/d to give us our independance. On the 5th, a local town had their fireworks. I was very upset by the news of some moron shooting a gun into the crowd. What is this world coming to? Nice work on this poem:)
Sheila
I wish that we could return to the patriotism that existed in the 40's and early 50's. Your poems about the service and about the 4th always bring me back to those days...not that I lived through them personally, but...
Cryssa
And to the forgotten Wet Team Men, asking what you could do for your country was giving your lives to defend the freedom of your country to forget about you.
Karla, this is a stout Fourth of July tribute to our armed forces -- you too are a patriot, I salute you -- peace and love my dear friend -- Jon Michael
Thank you Karla for sending us the wonderful weather, sun, 80 degrees and with slight hint of a breeze...too nice for this day of rememberence...lest we forget...Ed
AMEN, Karla; to forget would be catastrophic! Powerful reminder; thank you! And thank YOU for serving; I am indeed grateful to remember our heroes, those fallen and those who were lucky enough to come home. Thank God you were one that returned home! :)
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :D *21-gun SALUTE!!*
What began as Songs of the Angelic Gaze in the summer of 2006 continued the following year as The Bridge of Silver Wings, and developed even further two years after that into The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009. Whether readers describe it as a conversa
For the past two years (2006-2008) The Bridge of Silver Wings has earned a name for itself both as a series of poems published in different e-zines and as a book first published in 2007.
What makes this 2009 edition a special one is th
Sheila
Cryssa
Semper Fi
With Love,
Cindy
Regis
who didn't make it home. -gene.
peace, Carole~
In Christs Love
Michelle~
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :D *21-gun SALUTE!!*
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Love,
Eileen