Before I Met You
As I was writing the Carl Smith blog the other day,
I listened to some of the old songs I loved all the way,
One of the songs touched my heart deep down inside,
This poem describes why this song gave me a ride. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Carl Smith
Carl Smith
Good country music was Carl Smith’s “Trademark“.
He sang “Loose Talk“on Grand Ole Opry with lots of spark.
Where we often heard “Hey,Joe” so loud and clear,
With the crowd yelling “Go, Boy Go” as they did cheer.
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(I put one of Carl’s songs on every line of this poem,
As I tell what I remember about Carl as I’m a going.
This verse is just for information so it doesn’t count,
As I talk about a country star from my memory account.) Continue reading
Red And Green
Red And Green
Red and Green colors represent many things to us,
In this short poem, these things I do plan to discuss.
As I loved both of these colors over the years, you see,
So I will tell you what these colors represent to me.
Continue reading
Companies A Comin’
Companies A Comin’
Craig (my brother) and Rhonda are going to stop by here,
To spend a few days after a visit in Houston down there.
We are expecting them on Monday evening for sure,
So we’re cooking fried potatoes and a ham, honey cured. Continue reading
Recent Memories
Recent Memories
Yesterday, Kristi and the kids came over for a short stay,
She brought Sarah and Ben for a twenty four hour day.
We had a lot of fun while they were here at our home
So I’ll tell a little about that day we had on the roam. Continue reading
New Air Section Truck,
New Air Section Truck,
While over there in Vietnam doing our duty with care,
Our pilots had to wait in line at 604th TC to fuel up there.
Our Air section CO had petitioned for a JP4 fuel truck,
So we could haul our own JP4 jet fuel with any luck. Continue reading
The Fast Moving Teal
The Fast Moving Teal
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My brother Craig and I loved to hunt the wiley duck.
My favorite duck to hunt as we went out to try our luck,
Was the fast darting and turning, swift flying Teal.
This small duck was a challenge with all of their zeal. Continue reading
A Soldier’s Poem
A Soldier’s Poem
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I had just arrived on Artillery Hill feeling a little up tight,
It was Vietnamese New Year and the VC were ready to fight,
Tet came in the Spring of their year, usually in January,
And we were expecting attacks everywhere, as customary. Continue reading
Idiosyncrasies
Idiosyncrasies
We all have things we do that may seem strange,
That perhaps some people would ask you to change.
But since we all seem to be somewhat set in our ways,
I guess we’ll keep these idiosyncrasies to the end of days. Continue reading
Never Never Land
Never Never Land
Sometimes my wife Pam goes off to Never Never Land,
Staring blankly off in space ignoring my verbal commands,
To snap out of her dream and come back to this world,
From that place she has gone to on her fantasy twirl. Continue reading