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    Poetic Soldiers
    Poetic Soldiers
    Poetic Soldiers
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    Poetic Soldiers

    By Alexander Prezioso, Peter Fluker and Scott E. Force

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    Prezioso, Fluker, and Force provide the perfect opportunity for you to experience a glimpse of the thoughts, feelings, and hardships of our Service Members. This book is a special edition of all three of their published books compiled into one.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 19, 2022
    ISBN9781458345783
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      Poetic Soldiers - Alexander Prezioso

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2022 by Alexander Prezioso, Scott E. Force, Peter Fluker. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the author or publisher.

      American Publishing Company

      https://www.americanpublishing.co

      ISBN 978-1-4583-5478-5 (hard cover)

      ISBN 978-1-4583-4631-5 (paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-4583-4578-3 (electronic)

      This publication was compiled by Alexander Prezioso, from the following three publications:

      Poetic Deployment, by Alexander Prezioso

      One’s War, by Peter Fluker

      Is There an Answer, by Scott E. Force

      The font size for each poem may vary depending on the poem’s length or structure.

      Cover & Jacket design by Alexander Prezioso.

      Photo used on cover purchased from www.shutterstock.com

      Item ID:  1199301958

      Author photos provided by Alexander Prezioso, Peter Fluker, and Scott E. Force.

      Table of Contents

      Alexander Prezioso

      What Purpose?

      My Calling

      Train-up

      Personal Prayer

      The Flight

      Arrival

      Travel

      Convoy to Iraq

      In Town

      Terror by Night

      Letters from Home

      The Terror Train Nightmare

      Formation

      On My Way Home

      My Final Formation

      Home

      My Grateful Prayer

      Flying Colors

      Peter Fluker

      Precious

      A Quiet Tongue

      Rich Love

      Peaches

      Time

      Always a First

      Heartbreak

      Dreams

      I Know Beauty

      Mending Love

      Making Love

      Home

      Sands of Time

      Baghdad

      Fighting for Home

      Time’s Table

      Happy Father’s Day

      My War

      Mind Tricks

      Condemned

      Redman

      Stack Right

      Stand your Ground

      Decisions

      Time Check

      Who am I?

      Bye

      Master Plan

      One Day

      Commander’s Prayer

      Long Way to JAF

      Scott E. Force

      the question

      for you

      mr. fix it

      on the side

      ignore

      as it should be

      losers

      did i stutter

      yesterday needs tomorrow

      you know

      teasing

      the candle is out

      hold

      the big world

      how may i help you

      hey?

      there you go

      yon

      clear

      waiting

      a void

      what i’d give

      imbalance

      the end

      i've got them

      serious

      in the music

      dial tone

      a long day

      in the lies

      the new game

      in the dark

      it's not about winning

      not much

      in your hat

      traveled road

      is there an answer

      summer’s gone

      Author Biographies

      Alexander Prezioso

      Peter Fluker

      Scott E. Force

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to all Service Members

      Alexander Prezioso

      ALEXANDER

      PREZIOSO

      What Purpose?

      No purpose known

      No purpose found

      A call for duty

      Is somewhere bound

      Confused and scared

      And impatiently I wait

      A call for duty

      That will determine my fate

      An ordered call that

      Will make men die

      No sacrifice too great

      That honor to live by

      I pray for that purpose

      For it will come my way

      No purpose found

      That purpose I wait.

      My Calling

      Impatiently I wait

      With anticipated fear

      That one day I could leave

      And the pain I could bear

      I

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