Humor Poetry posted May 26, 2022


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But it wasn't always real fun

It Was Real, It Was Fun

by Earl Corp

On going to college I wasn’t too keen,
So I enlisted in the Army at seventeen,
Infantry training sure was swell,
Georgia in July is hot as Hell,
The Army took a gamble,

Sent me to Fort Campbell,
I must have been a fool,
Volunteered for Jump School,
Other training that was cool,
Went to Panama for Jungle School,
After a year I was Germany bound,
For two years I hung around,
Sent back to familiar ground,
Back at Campbell was great,
Re-enlisted for the fiftieth state,
Four years in Hawaii never surfed,
All I did was run and walk the turf,
Back to Germany just in time,
To see the wall crushed into lime,
I watched the Army transform,
As we had Desert Shield and Desert Storm,
Though it wasn’t planned,
Got my discharge in hand,
It dawned on me and I finally understood,
A college education started looking very good,
Of my time spent there’s no regrets.
Because now all my friends are vets.
 

 



Salute to Military Poetry writing prompt entry
Writing Prompt
Write any style of poetry about anything positive about the military.
Only uplifting admissions, please.

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#135
May
2022


Dedicated to all the guys I served with.
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