Vietnam Gray lead and shiny yellow brass Pushing death From a stainless steel gun That's not made of flesh: It's integral parts lubricated By oil and grease To withstand the heat and humidity, But what is there to erase The red stain On white cloth that covers The pain On a moving part of anatomy Or the look on a human face?

Poems about Love, War, and Just for Fun

By Jack DiNola

Abbott Press

Copyright © 2011 Jack DiNola
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4582-0089-1

Contents

1947 March 16 1997...............................................1A Flower's Friend................................................2A Prayer.........................................................3A Service Man's Dream............................................3Admission........................................................5Andre............................................................6Antique Shop.....................................................7Aquamare.........................................................8Autopsy..........................................................9Autumn of My Life................................................10Bad..............................................................11Barricade of Ghosts..............................................11Be MyValentine...................................................12Bell and Bird....................................................12Blade of Grass...................................................13Born Free........................................................14Boyhood Dreams...................................................16Brown Eyed Girl..................................................16By Her I Would Be................................................17Cent.............................................................17Children.........................................................18Christmas Night..................................................18Coronation.......................................................19Crawlin' Creatures...............................................20Crazy Over You...................................................20Daphne from Japan................................................21Dave.............................................................22Dead Soldiers....................................................23Diary of a German Soldier........................................24Don't............................................................26Echoes From The Delaware.........................................26ETHEL (A Rose for You)...........................................30Evermore.........................................................30Falling in Love..................................................31Fishes...........................................................32Fool Like Me.....................................................32Friend...........................................................32Funny People.....................................................33Gift.............................................................33Glad.............................................................33Gluttony.........................................................34God Doesn't Seem to Give a Damn..................................35Gratitude........................................................36Hand in Hand.....................................................37Handful of Dust..................................................37He's A Wolf......................................................38Hear the Sobs of Mother's Tears..................................39Here I Sit.......................................................40High School Junior...............................................41I Love You.......................................................42I Saw............................................................42I................................................................43If You Can.......................................................43If...............................................................44It's Nice........................................................44It's Not For Us To Reason Why....................................45Kiss 2...........................................................45Kiss.............................................................46Kisses...........................................................46Korean Incident..................................................47Ladies Only......................................................48Lamentation......................................................49Leaning Tower of Pisa............................................50Lily of the Valley...............................................50Little Sal.......................................................51Little Singing Man...............................................52Man of '17.......................................................52May I Live.......................................................53Me...............................................................53Mem'ry Book......................................................54Miller's Daughter................................................54Mine.............................................................55Miser of the World...............................................56Moonbeams Three..................................................56Moonbeams Two....................................................56Moonbeams........................................................57Mother Tree......................................................57Mother's Son.....................................................58Mugger in the Streets............................................59My Brother.......................................................62My True Love.....................................................63Nine Days........................................................64None, But All My Love............................................65Nothing More.....................................................66O Wondrous Ship..................................................66Ode To Astronauts................................................67Oh Well or How Was I To Know.....................................68Ordnance to Infantry.............................................69Ox...............................................................70Pagoda...........................................................70Path.............................................................70Peace............................................................71Presidential Candidate...........................................71Ragaty Man.......................................................73Remember.........................................................73Remembering......................................................73Rendezvous.......................................................74Requiem For a Church.............................................75Reverie..........................................................77Roman' Hobo......................................................78Roses and a Corpse...............................................78Sea Waves........................................................79Seagull..........................................................79Seasons Four.....................................................80Senility.........................................................81"She Came She Went"..............................................82Sheep Dream......................................................83Since Mother's Gone Away.........................................83Snow.............................................................84Snowflakes.......................................................84Sonata in Velvet.................................................85Soon Marry.......................................................85Spring Never...