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A new day coming to America -- ushered in by tainted loyalty and stained fidelity -- trashing the solemnity, dignity, majesty and splendor of over two centuries of American legacy. Read More

Poem / Romance

November 03, 2024

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Comments: 1

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Love, it’s more than just romance. It’s an honorable pursuit Read More
The race is on-- my take on the 2024 Presidential Election -- always the least of two evils. Never about the best man, or woman. Never about country, honor, duty. Read More
Cry the wounded heart -- mourn the fallen dreams that innocence betrayed. Read More
Being a Vet of any war means remembering . . . My war was Vietnam. I was a boy, who returned home a man -- shattered and broken, like so many others and so many before. And I remember. And it still hurts . . . Read More
Memorial Day is about honor, about sacrifice, about remembrance. My generation has lost its sense of nobility and character. And Memorial Day highlights the depth of our decline into the absurdity of denial. And today, while thinking about Memorial Day, I finally got it! Read More
We furnished the enemy the ammunition (American ideal of honor, courage, commitment), and provided them means (our Constitution). And now, we reap the whirlwind of our creation -- domestic terrorists. Read More
As a Vietnam Veteran (and combat journalist in the Mekong Delta), I have very strong feelings about Memorial Day, and the barbarity that feeds the human need for sacrifice. This morning I sat down and wrote this essay. It is brutal. It is truthful. It is what was left of… Read More
A poem about a warrior who wished for Valhalla but went to dwell in Asgard. Read More
Well, I tried not to be too preachy. So many seem, however, not to care about what is issuing from their own mouths that I have to comment on it occasionally. When somebody commits or promises something and then forgets about their own spoken words as soon as I am… Read More
The dedication of a soldier to his country at all costs! Read More
There is something about the people we admire. Read More

Short Story / Other

March 31, 2021

Reads: 422

Comments: 2

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A respected Knight leads his men into battle. But finds himself not only facing an adversary his equal, but Death himself. Read More
So I made this for a Fiverr order and asked if it was okay for him if I posted it after it's finished. And now it's finished and all good. Read More
Submitted for approval on the approach of Veteran's Day/Armistice Day (though even more apropos for Memorial Day). A soldier's use as a tool of State policy may often be controversial, but regardless, the soldiers themselves are risking all, and sometimes pay an ultimate price serving their nation. This poem is… Read More
Jasmine's quest to recover the family's spinel in arabia reaches a scary end. Read More
Living in modern-day Japan, Naoko Kitamura has a dark secret she must hide from her family and friends. She is a demon hybrid, a descendant from an ancient union between a samurai and a female demon. Possessing awesome powers that manifest in times of danger, Naoko tries to maintain the… Read More
The only way to truly judge a man character Read More

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