Anzio Poems

The Greatest Generation

...THE GREATEST GENERATION
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS



Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation
They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression
It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Divers...

Categories: anzio, america, courage, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse

Bleeding Before Rome -2

...Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees, 
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage, 
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenc...

Categories: anzio, culture, heart, war, world
Form: Epic

It's Memorial Day

...It’s Memorial Day

I thumb through my high school yearbook,
Soiled, unpadded from another day.
My children don’t know of our mindset then,
The second war all wars to end.
Daily goodbyes to the ...

Categories: anzio, memorial day, patriotic,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

In the Dark of the Strand

...Marquees are bright with neon lights, where crowds line up for movie night
Holding hands, we're in 'The Strand'. The velvet carpet guides us in

Popcorn smokes, .. we're drinking cokes,...  and cr...

Categories: anzio, dark, film, history, military,
Form: Free verse

The Veteran

...There have been times in our land
When our nation has had to take a stand.

It first began at Bunker's Hill
Where so many men were then killed.

All through that war with the British King
Men ...

Categories: anzio, dedication, history, holiday, life,
Form: Couplet

In Memoriam

...The end of May is coming . . .
  When  the nation celebrates Memorial Day.
  Schools and offices are closed . . .
  It's the summer's first holiday.

  Do we remember why we celebrate today . . ...

Categories: anzio, dedication, history, holiday, introspection,
Form: Rhyme