War and History Poetry posted August 6, 2014


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So far away from everything and everyone he loves...

Blue-eyed Baby Boy

by Dean Kuch

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My Blue-eyed Baby Boy

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my

blue-eyed

baby boy

so far from home ~

sad, thousand-yard stare plucks at my heartstrings



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Men continuously in the field during wartime are said to acquire what's known as The thousand yard stare. A painful, sorrowful stare that seems to pass right through you when you encounter it.

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