[ScubieNuc]

Thank You for your service.

May our Father keep you safe.

Thank you for your warm sentiments!

Although it seems like yesterday, I left the Navy in 1989. It was a good training ground for an undisciplined little cuss as myself. While I didn't exactly enjoy most of my time in, I am proud and grateful to have done it.

The strange irony is how the Navy experience effected my "poetic process." Before going into the Navy, it was easy to write creatively. (Maybe, because I was reading more creatively.) Then the Navy life was too hectic, busy, and "macho" to spend being creative. Now, 16 years later, the creative juices seem to be trying to bubble up again. The odd thing is that the ideas, that come to the surface, were born in the struggles endured in the Navy.

Thank you for providing a safe outlet for creativity.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning to you!

We support our fabulous military, we don't care when you served. My uncle served in the Navy in WWII. Many of my family members served.

Ah, the creative juices are moving, good! What did you think about the suggestions?? Will they be helpful to you??

WayzataJohnn is another Navy Vet so you two have lots in common.

It's my pleasure and love to hold a place for poets. Thank You.