Best Alamo Poems
Below are the all-time best Alamo poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of alamo poems written by PoetrySoup members
Remember the AlamoThe Texans weren't supposed to be
Holding the old mission.
Sam Houston sent Jim Bowie there.
Said he had a vision.
Bowie wanted to save the fort.
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Categories:
alamo, courage, death, war, men,
Form:
Quatrain
The AlamoAn earthen gray memorial stands alone against
A rugged desert landscape, built by the mortal
Hands of the faithful.
No bells do ring, in the churches steeple, but...
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Categories:
alamo, america, history, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Remember the AlamoWhat Col. William Barrett Travis might have said to the defenders
of the Alamo on March 5, 1836, the twelfth day of the siege.
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Categories:
alamo, courage, freedom, hero, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Texian Macabre ArenaThe First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...
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Categories:
alamo, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form:
Ballad
Feline Alert*The feline Texan way*
A clean coat of paint - on my nails
Red shade of lips - on my smile
Solid oak charms - on my wrist
Country...
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Categories:
alamo, adventure, beauty, body, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
Echoes In the StoneECHOES IN THE STONE
No one can turn back the hands of time
Reliving the war, TEXAS her independence
The tombs so deep, where real hero's fought...
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Categories:
alamo, adventure, death, hero, history,
Form:
Epic
The Winds of TimeOne day I was passing time
And wrote these words upon the lines,
I know not where they came you see
The Winds of Time were there for...
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Categories:
alamo, imagination, inspirational, visionary, me,
Form:
Verse
Mad About Towns
When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We...
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Categories:
alamo, humorous, travel, word play,
Form:
Limerick
The Dallas CowboysTHE DALLAS COWBOYS
Can you not hear the rumblings of that distant herd coming,
The loud thundering of destiny’s champions crossing, the NFL
Field of dreams, beware the...
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Categories:
alamo, dedication, football, heart, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Tattered FlagThe other day I sat beneath a sycamore tree on the court house lawn.
Old Glory fluttered in the breeze and to my eyes it was...
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Categories:
alamo, patriotic,
Form:
Rhyme
Westward Ho'In the 1600's, Europeans lived on the eastern shore
Their numbers grew, they wanted more.
Iroquios, Sauk, Ottawa, and Mohawk were tribes they met
Too many and more,...
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Categories:
alamo, adventure, cowboy-western, history, native
Form:
Rhyme
When I Hear the Sound of "taps"When I hear the sound of "Taps" on Memorial Day,
Or hear that plaintive tune when a veteran is laid away,
I try to remain stoical but...
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Categories:
alamo, sadwar, men, war, ,
Form:
Rhyme
He's Just An Ol' CowboyHe's just an ol' cowboy
With a heart big as the whole out of doors.
But time has exchanged
His home on the range,
For a garden and five...
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Categories:
alamo, cowboy-western,
Form:
I do not know?
Related To JimGrandpa was a Bowie.
A tight-lipped protestant Ulsterman
who drifted into the Poblacht na hÉireann
in search of a cure for his cold heart.
His thin lips wed a...
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Categories:
alamo, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Cinco De MayoEvery May 5th, all of the Mexicans and the Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo. This Mexican holiday has been an annual holiday since the Mexican...
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Categories:
alamo, holiday, on work and
Form:
Epic