Vietnam War-Era Veteran and Navy Chaplain Bob koshin Hanson with his poem “Am I Ready to Die?”
Navy Chaplain Bob koshin Hanson ministered to troops during the bloodiest and most brutal years of the Vietnam War, an […]
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War Poetry of World War I by British Army Officer Charles Sorley “When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead”
War Poetry of World War I Charles Sorley joined the British Army at the beginning of the war in Europe.
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Veteran’s Day from Iraq, Afghanistan and Desert Storm Veteran Fran Wiedenhoeft with her Poem “Elusive Enemy”
In general, this Veteran’s Day, I kept it positive. I had good conversations with veteran friends and got out and
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Writing a Piece of Your Story With a Personal Essay
Many poems and stories have been featured on the Paper Poppy Press Veteran Writing Showcase. This week, we talk about
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In a poem designed to bring out our better selves here is Poet, Writer, Naval Officer and UN Peacekeeper Carl Nyberg and “The Need for Revolution Will Be Televised”
In the breadth and depth of his experience, Carl Nyberg has seen the best and worst of humanity. Reflectively and
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American Poet, WWI Veteran and French Foreign Legion Volunteer Alan Seeger with his Poem “I have a Rendezvous with Death”
Alan Seeger was an American poet who had graduated from Harvard and moved to France to pursue a life of
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Army Veteran, Author, and Poet Edgar Allen Poe with his Poem A Dream Within a Dream
Edgar Allen Poe is most often remembered for dark, haunting stories and poems. He is rarely remembered as a military
British Poet and WWI Officer in the British Army Philip Edward Thomas with his Poem “The Owl”
Edward Thomas was already an accomplished poet, biographer, and travel writer when he enlisted in the British Army in 1915.
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Naval Officer, UN Peacekeeper and Poet Carl Nyberg with his Poem “The Sloth of Casual Violence”
The Sloth of Casual Violence By Carl Nyberg ©2025 A rich neighbor On a hill Some minor Substance abuse issues
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Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran Enrique Gautier with “A Poem that Refuses a Name Part 1”
A Poem that Refuses a Name Part 1 Like an arm that always hurts From too many bullets that it