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A Radio-Telephone Operator Writes Haiku

Across the spectrum
our radios skip in sync,
frequency-hopping.

A Radio-Telephone Operator Writes Haiku

O.E.-2.5.4.s
spring up like dandelions.
Time to jump the TOC.

A Forward Observer Writes Haiku No. 3

Flash against the clouds,
a rain of steel announced by

the crump of thunder.

A Forward Observer Writes Haiku No. 2

That song about when
“caissons go marching along”?
That’s Artillery.

A Forward Observer Writes Haiku No. 1

The 'King of Battle'!
Genuflect to indirect
fires overhead!

Three Cups of Chai-ku No. 3

No one here can lead
this endless talk of action.
“Que shura, shura.”

Three Cups of Chai-ku No. 2

We build our nations
one tea party at a time.
They serve, we protect.

Three Cups of Chai-ku No. 1

I had hoped, I guess,
for something more like Starbucks,
not yellow water.

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Welcome to FOB Haiku No. 3

You’d think the poo pond
would attract more mortar rounds,
but they can’t hit sh--.