Loving a Soldier

Loving a soldier is not always gay For with a price you must pay It’s mostly loving but not to hold It’s being young and feeling old It’s sending a letter with an upside stamp, To a faraway lover in a faraway camp Being in love with merely your dreams Brings thoughts...

The Final Inspection

The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. ‘Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you ? Have you always turned the other cheek ? To My Church have you been...

Texas Love Poem.

Suzy Lee fell in love She planned to marry Joe. She was so happy ‘bout it all She told her pappy so. Pappy told her, ”Suzy Gal Youll have to find another, I’d just as soon yo mam don’t know, But Joe is your half brother”. So Suzy forgot about her Joe, and planned to...

RAF/RN Rivalvry..from a military forum

( Found on a Military Forum ) 5-Feb-09 14:49 NEWTON Current weather conditions have reminded me of a story doing the rounds in, I think, the mid-70s. Apparently, RN ratings at an RAF base (Phantom squadron at Leuchars?) in similar conditions built a snowman, which a...

A different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the garden to a winter...