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by rmbowen
Wed Jan 14, 2015 5:10 am
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Eternity Smiles
Replies: 2
Views: 22133

Eternity Smiles

Here is a poem the ladies will love. I think the Grandpas out there will like it as well. Eternity Smiles Whenever I see an infant, sweet memories flash across time: Holding my first child in my arms, Being captured by her sweet baby charms. I see little hands reaching up for mine; Smiles holding th...
by rmbowen
Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Thoughts on a Rainy Day
Replies: 0
Views: 19500

Thoughts on a Rainy Day

I wrote this short poem on Oct 25, 1967 in Birmingham, Alabama. I was home on leave from Sub School. It was my twenty-second birthday and I had orders to report to the USS James Madison, SSBN627(B) in Charleston, SC on Nov 7th. I had said good-night to my girlfriend earlier and was driving around al...
by rmbowen
Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:09 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Love and Desire
Replies: 2
Views: 20667

Re: Love and Desire

Yep, KJ Ray, the entire crew came down with it every patrol.
by rmbowen
Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:06 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Bronze Letters
Replies: 2
Views: 20923

Re: Bronze Letters

Thanks for the kind comments, Shipmate, It means a lot coming from a writer like you.

When we were on the 627, we knocked a hole in the "tide" a lot didn't we. Now... I agree... it is time for the TIDE to roll all the way to January 2015. ROLLLLLL TIDE ROLLLLLL!!!
by rmbowen
Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:00 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Night Flight (On a DC-6)
Replies: 2
Views: 20844

Re: Night Flight (On a DC-6)

I know you did, thanks, Shipmate!
by rmbowen
Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:56 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Groton Bound
Replies: 3
Views: 23724

Re: Groton Bound

Hey, KJ, I saw a video of you on UTUBE... Looks like you are still writing and picking. I would like to see some more of your songs and prose here on this forum.
by rmbowen
Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:51 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Missing You
Replies: 3
Views: 23171

Re: Missing You

Yes, Shipmates, we thought we were ordinary back then. But Time is a great teacher, and the older I get - and the more I see and hear on the news - the higher I raise my opinions of my Shipmates and the importance of what the "41 for freedom" accomplished.
by rmbowen
Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:42 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Time Regulation
Replies: 3
Views: 23733

Re: Time Regulation

yeah, KJ Ray and Keith, If I had a time regulator, I wouldn't look so old now!
Thanks for the comments.
by rmbowen
Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:34 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: America
Replies: 1
Views: 18125

Re: America

K.J. Great lyrics and great singing on the UTUBE video... I loved it, you guys killed it - Didn't notice the hangover at all. Maybe you should do a few more on the day after... :lol: !!!!!!!!!!!!
by rmbowen
Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:03 am
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Never
Replies: 1
Views: 17449

Never

My last love poem got a lot of views so I think I will post another. I had been writing letters for two years to Jenny, my wife-to-be. (In another two years we would be married.) I had just completed Sub School and was coming off of 15 days leave and got to spend nearly the entire two weeks with her...
by rmbowen
Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:26 am
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Love and Desire
Replies: 2
Views: 20667

Love and Desire

Love and Desire Oh, this desire, My thoughts are cluttered with it! When I try to forget, It becomes a smoldering fire That burns deep in my breast. Is this love? Don’t confuse them; That’s what I tell myself. But what is left if I separate them, A bird without a nest? What can I do? I am totally co...
by rmbowen
Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:11 am
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: The Gift
Replies: 0
Views: 19245

The Gift

We spent a lot of time on patrol thinking about wives, girlfriends and family. Those are the obvious things. But we also missed things that we otherwise took for granted: The sound of rain on the roof and the smell of wet pavement. The feeling of the sun on one's face in the summer. The bite of wint...
by rmbowen
Fri May 30, 2014 12:15 am
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: The Question
Replies: 0
Views: 19080

The Question

Shipmates, I started this poem on the flight over to Holy Loc to relieve the Gold crew. This was sometime in March of 1968. It was my first patrol cycle. There was a lot going on that year in the way of protests. The Vietnam War was cranking up big time, and there were protests against nuclear power...
by rmbowen
Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:48 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Missing You
Replies: 3
Views: 23171

Missing You

Missing You I long for your touch, Your breath on my hair, Not for the sensations, But for the tenderness you share. How I miss your voice, The familiar songs you sing, Not for their beauty, But for the love you bring. What do I miss most? I can’t just name one thing - Because, when I’m with you, Yo...
by rmbowen
Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:21 pm
Forum: Patrol Poetry and Prose
Topic: Bronze Letters
Replies: 2
Views: 20923

Bronze Letters

Greetings, Shipmates - April is National Poetry Month so I thought I would share a poem I started during my "nuc" training at the D1G prototype near Saratoga Springs, New York. They had a nice city park that I would often visit to relieve the stress of the long hours of studying and qualif...