www.PoetryPoem.com/onceawarrior by Terry Sasek

DEDICATED TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE WHO ARE NOW SERVING OUR
NATION TODAY AROUND THE WORLD DEFENDING FREEDOM. THEIR COURAGE AND
GALLANTRY THROUGHOUT OUR NATIONS HISTORY ARE SECOND TO NONE. THEY
ARE ALL GREAT PATRIOTS AND HAVE ALWAYS DEFENDED FREEDOM WHEN ASKED,
THEY ALWAYS HAVE FACED THE DANGERS TO OUR COUNTRY WITH GREAT PRIDE
AND HONOR. I SALUTE THEM ALL FOR THEIR COURAGE AND GALLANTRY THEY
SHOWED WHILE DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM AND FOR THEIR MANY OWN PERSONAL
SACRIFICES THAT THEY MAKE FOR US. WE NEED TO ALSO THANK THEIR OWN
FAMILIES FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE WHILE THEIR
LOVED ONES DEFEND OUR NATION AND FREEDOM IN THE WORLD. THE POEMS
ON MY SITE ARE NOT ONLY FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES IN WAR, BUT THOSE
OF MY FELLOW VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED DURING BOTH WAR AND PEACE.
MANY OF THEM HAVE HAD A HARD TIME EXPRESSING TO OTHERS THE THINGS
THAT WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED IN OUR OWN TOURS OF DUTY AND I TRIED
TO WRITE OF THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND THE HARDSHIPS
WE'VE ALL HAD IN COMMON DURING OUR SERVICE. I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT
OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP NOT ONLY OUR COUNTRY FREE, BUT ALSO THE SOUTH
VIETNAMESE PEOPLE AND THEIR COUNTRY AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO ADDED TO
MY SITE SEVERAL POEMS FROM OTHER VETERANS SO THEY'D HAVE A PLACE
WHERE THEIR POEMS COULD BE READ TOO. I HOPE THESE POEMS WILL GIVE
THE READERS SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT WE ALL FACED AND OUR PERSONAL
FEELINGS WE FELT WHILE DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF SOUTH VIETNAM. I
ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THAT JUST BECAUSE THE WAR ENDED, IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEIR MEMORIES OR THE NIGHTMARES SOME HAVE FROM
THE BATTLES FOUGHT STOP AT THE SAME TIME AS THE WAR STOPPED, MANY
WILL LAST A LIFETIME. IT'S BOTH WITH HONOR AND WITH GREAT RESPECT
FOR NOT ONLY ALL MY FELLOW VETERANS BUT ALSO FOR THOSE CURRENTLY
SERVING OUR NATION AROUND THE WORLD THAT I SALUTE THEM.

USAF Security Police Statue

Vietnam Security Police Award I was given for my
poems about our service in Vietnam & Thailand.

SELECTPOETRY CHOICE OF THE DAY SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2009
Awarded to Terry Sasek for his poem "A False God And His ldiot Czars"
It is my intention today to give front page recognition to Terry Sasek
for his poem Titled: "A False God And His ldiot Czars". It's time to
recognize poetry and prose that bring attention to topics that we are
facing in our today's and tomorrows in America ( at least if you are
an American ). You have to have respect for a poet who will stand up
for his morals,values, and beliefs with honor and pride in his writes
such as Terry does. So I am hereby choosing Terry's poem "A FALSE GOD
AND HIS IDIOT CZARS" as my personal pick of the day as winner of all
poetry on Poetry Poem Today! Thank you Terry, for writing with such
substance and meaningfulness.

THANK YOU SELECTPOETRY FOR THE HONOR OF BEING YOUR VERY FIRST SELECTION
ON YOUR NEW SITE GIVING RECOGNITION TO THE POETS HERE AND THEIR POETRY,
IT IS A MUCH BETTER SYSTEM THAT ELIMINATES THE VOTING MANIPULATIONS OF
OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF VOTING HERE WHERE MULTIPLE VOTES CAN BE ADDED
EASILY BY A FEW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR, AS I DO NOT WRITE
MY POEMS FOR CONTESTS ESPECIALLY THE ONE HERE, BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE
PEOPLE READ MY POEMS HONORING MY FELLOW VETERANS AND TO HONOR ALSO THE
PERSONNEL CURRENTLY SERVING TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM AND OUR COUNTRY.

I HAVE REQUESTED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST THAT IF ANYONE VISITING MY SITE
FINDS A POEM THAT THEY LIKE OR AGREE WITH, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU DID, BUT
I ASK ONCE MORE THAT YOU PLEASE NOT ENTER ANY OF MY POEMS HERE INTO THIS
SO CALLED POEM CONTEST HERE AT POETRYPOEM.COM AS I DO NOT WRITE MY POEMS
FOR THIS PURPOSE AND CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT MY POEMS TO BE ENTERED TO BE
USED BY OTHERS IN THEIR PETTY PERSONAL FUEDS AMONG OTHER POETS HERE. SO
IN THE FUTURE PLEASE LEAVE MY POEMS OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL SQUABBLES HERE.

TERRY SASEK / ONCE A WARRIOR