“There’s a fire” a boy points it looks like dust the men go to check flames are raging inside a small school men and women rush saving everything they can “Get out before the roof falls” fire brigade of 25 children “pump pump pump” children carry 20 to 30 pounds of water I try to […]
Tag Archives: bravery
Le Croix de Guerre #Normandy #Calltoarms #hero #WWII #D-Day
Once I was worn by an average man he fought bravely in two wars he did not understand the cause but faithful he answered a call to arms ** One war he fought for France his parents actually never knew he signed while a student of Sorbonne young men do what they have to do […]
Courage #haiku #poetry
you will notice me raise my mane and loudly roar I’m majestic courage * I’m majestic courage I take the choice you to lead fluttering standard * fluttering standard carry you into battle I’m the first to die Carpe Diem’s haiku prompt for this week is Courage
The Golden Key (Revisited) #Grimmfairytales #children
Celebrate the Grimm Brothers today and 200 years of children reading their fairy tales.
Go for Broke #442nd #memorialday
You always amazed me with that sweet quiet smile I would pull into my driveway we always talked for awhile I loved the deep brown wrinkles that formed a content countenance I never saw a frown as you leaned over our fence So few of us knew the layers of the real you A master gardener […]
