WW II - a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 20

 

Lockheed P-38 - U.S. Army Air Aircraft 

My WW II Hero 

He was just a boy 

when he enlisted 

Mother and Father 

had to sign for him 

At age seventeen 

he was in Flight School 

And at eighteen was 

making bombing runs 

Flying from Afri-

ca to Italy 

Solo dropping bombs 

on German strongholds 

Early December 

it was his last run 

Downed by enemy's 

antiaircraft guns 

And killed in his own 

dropping parachute 

Body was buried 

by Italian priest 

Later was exhumed 

moved to New Orleans 

There rests peacefully 

may he rest in peace 

Baby sister born 

January first 

She never got to 

know him, her brother 

Lady now, he's her 

World War Two hero 

                     Hero gave his all 

His Sister so proud, as me 

His Brother-in-law 

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  - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

  - Photo from Bing search (URL)

  - I am linked with  NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 20 ,

    https://www.napowrimo.net/day-twenty-11/ 

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The B Man - a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 19

     [photo courtesy of Bing Search (URL)]

   

    

   Boogie Man Commeth 

The Boogie Man might be here 

She looks under her bed 

That Boogie Man haunts her 

Whether or not he might be there 

All started the day I told her 

I meant no harm, just let her know 

Know and thing about the man 

Didn't say he wasn't real 

And now, things have changed 

The Boogie Man is there 

That Boogie Man hunts her 

Under her bed, waiting 

All started the day I told her 

I meant no harm, just let her know 

He hides when she looks under bed 

He chases her all around

Hunting her until both are tired 

She never lets him catch him 

The both go to sleep 

I wonder, does he really want 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 19, prompt today, "What are you haunted by, or what haunts you? Write a poem responding to this question. Then change the word haunt to hunt."  

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Open Doors -- a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18

    Door Openings for Me 

I grew up knowing and hoping 

Knowing I could become something 

Born with a wrench in my right hand 

Had mechanical aptitude 

Broken clocks I'd take tic-toc out 

They then became wind up motors 

Became motors for my toys my small toys 

Could I become an engineer 

Poor but doors began to open 

Was surprised with a scholarship 

Was for the University 

Hadn't planned going to college 

Doors had opened, learned to play chess 

Squandering time, was good at chess 

Could beat the city champ in chess 

My grades demanded I drop out 

The doors opened again for me 

Factory job awaited for me 

Wrench retrieved so worked myself up 

Setup man for sixteen women 

Next door was the U.S. Army 

Their school for me, electronics 

Forty-three weeks later, third in class 

Five years later, discharge door now 

Nineteen more years, used army skills 

Aerospace Engineer's door  

Finished college, taught part time 

College offered job, I took 

Through that new door, I liked job 

Now Doctor Jim, Professor 

Then twenty-two year later 

Became Doctor Jim, retired 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18  with "challenge you to write a poem in which the speaker expresses the desire to be someone or something else, and explains why" 

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my Poodle Dog -- a Poem for dVerse Poetics, NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 17 and Friday Writings

[Tree just off our back yard (then) click on picture for larger size viewing]

My Beagle Dog 

You were a puppy 

when we first got you 

You grew fairly fast 

got set in your way  

Chasing squirrels 

you loved to do

Up the trees where 

squirrels were safe 

Walks you hated 

going the worst 

Coming home best 

that you would walk 

You are old now 

and can't respond 

Ashes I'll keep 

bury with me 

 - Photo and Poem Copyright,  Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with Sanaa of dVerse Poetics  

https://dversepoets.com/2024/04/16/dverse-poetics-maggie-smith-and-conversational-mode-of-address/

   where she instructed us to write form poem as she described.  Write first person with the listener cannot respond.

 - Click here to read other's works to answer Sanaa's request. 

 - I am also linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 17, 

      

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And tonight I am linked with Rosemary at Friday Writings #123 

https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1 

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For Isle of Man

 

Unspeakable-- a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 16

    Getting Worse 

His rash was unspeakable 

In places we never want 

Bad chafe initiated 

His underwear went unworn 

He didn't see his doctor, 

a woman, he was bashful 

Oh dear, it was getting worse, 

every day.  Now it hurts 

Medicine he had was old 

And the rats in the barn 

 had longer tails 

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 - No Photo, Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked with NaPoWriMo 2024 Day Sixteen 

   https://www.napowrimo.net/day-sixteen-11/ 

 - I think I am on prompt today; you can be a judge.  ". . . here’s today’s (optional) prompt, taken from our 2016 archives. Today, we challenge you to write a poem in which you closely describe an object or place, and then end with a much more abstract line that doesn’t seemingly have anything to do with that object or place, but which, of course, really does. The “surprise” ending to this James Wright poem is a good illustration of the effect we’re hoping you’ll achieve. An abstract, philosophical kind of statement closing out a poem that is otherwise intensely focused on physical, sensory details."

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- a Poem for NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 15

 

                   [click on picture for larger viewing]

    Favorite Stamp 

Elephants flooding the mail 

There's stamps and then there's stamps 

U.S. Postal stamps I have 

Sheets I bought two years ago* 

I liked them a lot on sight 

They are my favorites now 

Two of the beasts on each stamp 

Helped to save the elephant 

I bought every one there was 

The Post office almost cried 

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 - Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked to NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 15

   https://www.napowrimo.net/day-fifteen-10/

*Note: "The Elephants Forever stamp was issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS) on August 12, 202212. This delightful stamp features a fanciful, digital illustration of an elephant interacting with its young calf, capturing the affectionate nature of these beloved animals. The design also includes two stylized plants and a bright orange sun, adding whimsy and color to the stamp. Artist Rafael López created the original art, and Derry Noyes served as the art director for this heartwarming depiction of elephants. 🐘🌞

The first-day-of-issue event for the Elephants stamp was held at The Elephant Discovery Center in Hohenwald, TN1. It’s wonderful to see these majestic creatures celebrated through this lighthearted and playful stamp! 💌🐘

!Elephants Stamp" (source: an extra info by Bing search, "'when did the us postal elephant stamp come out")

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Flowers to Moons and Stars -- a Poem fot NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 14

   

   If's; an anaphora form poem 

If roses were pink and 

If violets were purple 

If angels had wings and 

If the Devil had horns 

If the moon pulls down his pants and 

If all the "stars" were afire 

Then what we say would be true but 

We are not, no way.  So then 

Everyone knows, and 

Nobody cares 

Thats not a lie.  It 

Suits me

(I'm not wearing a "suit",   

That "fits" me. And 

I "quit" . . . )

Flowers that are blooming today in our backyard.  The Canna Lilies had one blossom but wanted to wait for a bit to have some more; it will bloom until the next freeze.

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 - Photos and Poem Copyright, 

Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved 

 - I am linked to NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 14, here 

    https://www.napowrimo.net/day-fourteen-11/

    where we were asked to, optional, write an anaphora form poem  

 - Click here to read all my poems, mostly for NaPoWriMo as of late 

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