Mikey's Summer vacation
He sent a photo album today
On Facebook.
He called it
My Summer Vacation.
He had taken photos of his base
In Iraq
Then himself
In full battle gear.
I still see him sitting
A pile of Leggos all around him
I cannot digest the thought…
My son
In Iraq
Toting an M4…..
WordSlinger commented on Mikey's Summer vacation
08-23-2009
08/23/2009
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.
Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.
| Title | Comments | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Comments | Submitted |
| Happy New Year | 1 | 01/08/2010 |
| This Morning | 6 | 11/12/2009 |
| Come Out and Play | 3 | 11/04/2009 |
| Farewell Summer | 2 | 10/09/2009 |
| Autumn Changes | 5 | 09/26/2009 |
| Salmon | 2 | 09/20/2009 |
| My Second Cup | 2 | 09/16/2009 |
| A Cup of Mental Pause | 1 | 09/14/2009 |
| Moonlight on the Gulf | 3 | 09/06/2009 |
| Mikey's Summer vacation | 2 | 08/23/2009 |
| Childhood Imaginings | 1 | 08/21/2009 |
| Summer Midday | 6 | 08/16/2009 |
| Wish Him Well | 3 | 08/08/2009 |
| Friendy Interference | 1 | 08/07/2009 |
| Cicada Chorus | 7 | 08/01/2009 |
| Spring Remembered | 2 | 07/31/2009 |
| Starfish and Seaweed | 0 | 07/25/2009 |
| Boo's Lullabye | 1 | 07/25/2009 |
| Road Trip | 2 | 07/23/2009 |
| Pixie Moon | 2 | 07/22/2009 |
| Late Awake | 1 | 07/18/2009 |
| Imaginings | 0 | 07/15/2009 |
| It's All about Me | 0 | 07/10/2009 |
| The Welcome Home | 2 | 07/06/2009 |
| Triumphant Day | 0 | 07/02/2009 |
| To Play For You | 0 | 07/01/2009 |
| Come Close | 1 | 06/30/2009 |
| Do Not Disturb | 3 | 06/28/2009 |
| Crossing the Neches | 0 | 06/28/2009 |
| A Toast to Life | 3 | 06/26/2009 |
| Mother's Day After | 1 | 06/23/2009 |
| Moon Dance | 4 | 06/22/2009 |
| Good Morning | 7 | 06/18/2009 |
| My Son is Going to Baghdad | 3 | 06/13/2009 |
| Mother's Day | 0 | 06/13/2009 |
| Sun Sleep | 4 | 06/12/2009 |
| Moonglow | 3 | 06/12/2009 |
| Paradise Beach 1962 | 0 | 06/12/2009 |
| The Hideaway | 0 | 06/10/2009 |
| Am I? | 3 | 06/06/2009 |
| Whisper Stories | 2 | 06/06/2009 |
| Day is Done | 3 | 06/06/2009 |
| The Storm | 1 | 05/25/2009 |
| The Glass Wall | 2 | 05/25/2009 |
| My Eden | 6 | 05/23/2009 |
| It's Monday | 1 | 05/23/2009 |
| The Oak and the Pine | 5 | 05/16/2009 |
| The Hammock | 1 | 05/23/2009 |
| Pillow Fight | 4 | 05/11/2009 |
| Rain | 3 | 05/11/2009 |
| First Frost | 4 | 05/11/2009 |
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