D-Day Poem
‘Twas early on the day June the sixth,
When we unleased our mighty fury.
Though our rifles seemed worthless as sticks,
We gallantly stormed gallantly the beaches of Normandy. We were all so very nervous and scared,
All sitting huddled on the landing craft.
Looking up at the cliffs our way seemed barred.
Then all of a sudden shot were fired at our raft.
The person in front of me was hit,
Oh how he yowled in his awful pain.
As I quickly got out his first aid kit,
I wondered if we had anything to gain.
Before I could dress his wound,
Again he was hit and this time died.
On this beach we’re gonna be marooned.
With that thought a little I cried.
Then the door of our small craft opened,
And our squad commander started to shout.
At that moment I knew my safety had lessened.
As our leader yelled we scrambled out.
The shore ahead was not very far,
But in the panic it seemed so far away.
Now my stomach is definitely off par,
I wonder if we’ll ever be merry and gay.
A Soldier's Poem D-Day Poem Birth of Communism The Birth of Communism
What went wrong with Marx’s ideals,
To plunge thousands into Hell with meager meals?
Is it right to say it’s all his fault,
That people turned his writings into a leftist cult?
Marx’s works were published to be read,
And people liked his ideas about sharing bread.
Some began to rebel and were exiled from their homeland.
One such person was Lenin who moved to Switzerland.
A great war broke out in imperial Europe,
Pouring onto the land an ugly red syrup.
In the old Eastern land of the Tsar,
Government collapse was not too far.
Revolutionaries began to return home,
No longer being forced just to roam.
Change was coming to the Russian Empire,
The time of Tsar Nicholas began to expire.
Revolution began in the city of Petrograd.
Things went well and Lenin was very glad.
The year was 1917 and the month November,
Though they say it happened in October.
A Soldier's Poem D-Day Poem Birth of Communism
Who Scares Me Most Do you want to know who scares me most?
John Kerry.
He promises to cut taxes on the middle class,
But he has said nothing about the price of gas.
Around the country he is chasing Bush,
Trying to find a weak spot to he can push.
John Edwards is Kerry’s trusted running mate,
And he has not said different things as of late.
Constantly saying wrong place and wrong time,
He is not as good as the man on the dime.
Undoubtedly he will raise income taxes,
Which will cause companies to make fewer faxes.
If he wins the election in November,
The economy’s spark will stay an ember.
What Scares Me Most?
Communism
Just once the communists’ party was strong
Oh but their ideals are very wrong
Socialists taking wealth to share with all
Evenly distributed as by law
People in the process lose some rights
Hearsay results in bureaucratic flights
Sacred things are all but completely banned
The nationalist fires are fanned
Although it sounds good in theory
Long bread lines are formed by the weary
In place of competitive free trade
National monopolies are made
Stalin the Hardnosed Commie
You know Lenin and Trotsky
Who started in Russia
And Marx and Engel
And Castro of Cuba
But do you recall
The most famous commie of all?
Stalin the Hardnosed Commie
Ruled with a fist of steel
And if you made him angry
You would go without a meal
All of the other commies
Were utterly scared of him
They always did as he said
Lest they’d be strung on a limb
Then during the fog of war
Zhukov came to say
“Stalin, you’re always right,
the Germans won’t last the night.”
Then all the Russians loved him
And guzzled all the vodka
Stalin the Hardnosed Commie,
You’ve just saved Mother Russia!
Based on Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Johnny Marks
O Stalingrad, O Stalingrad
You’ve stood against invaders
Thy streets are drenched in German blood
Dying soldiers lie in the mud
O Stalingrad, O Stalingrad
You’ve stood against invaders
O Leningrad, O Leningrad
The German siege is ending
No longer are you full of dread
Soon ev’ryone will have his bread
O Leningrad, O Leningrad
The German siege is ending
Stalin’s just taken Lenin’s place
Fa la la la la, la la la
There’s an ice pick in Trotsky’s face
Fa la la la la, la la la
Now’s the time to seize the power
Fa la la la la, la la la
Party members appear dour
Fa la la la la, la la la
Let’s collectivise all the farms
Fa la la la la, la la la
Ignore the peasants who it harms
Fa la la la la, la la la
Enters a pact with Germany
Fa la la la la, la la la
They enjoy the false harmony
Fa la la la la, la la la
Hitler launches Barbarossa
Fa la la la la, la la la
Comrads rush to defend Russia
Fa la la la la, la la la
Eventually they win the war
Fa la la la la, la la la
Russia’s now a superpower
Fa la la la la, la la la
