9 Boys. (original) (raw)

9 boys left
went off to war
9 won't be returning
any more

the little town
so very sad
gave up the best
of all they had

in just 12 months
and 9 short days
those 9 boys
were taken away

9 boys went
while others stayed
seemed like
too great a price to pay

9 boys who
one at a time
were killed before
they reached their prime

so many wept

a lesson learned
boys go off
and don't return

9 boys died
now all you see
9 tombstones
in the cemetery

and the little town
that gave its best
now marks 9 graves
all they have left.

©

d.knape
August 18, 2013
More "Once Upon A Line" - Light verse and poetry by d.knape

Praha's Nine (chronological by date of death)

PFC - Robert Bohuslav, February 1944
PFC - Rudolph L. Barta, June 1944
PFC - George D. Pavlicek, July 1944
PFC - Jerry B. Vaculik, July 1944
PVT - Joseph Lev, July 1944
PVT - Eddie Sbrusch, September 1944

PFC - Edward J. Marek, September 1944
PFC - Adolph E. Rab, December 1944
PFC - Anton Kresta Jr., February 1945

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