Best Beachhead Poems
Below are the all-time best Beachhead poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of beachhead poems written by PoetrySoup members
Whitewashing the FenceI've constructed a picket fence around me to keep jackanapes out
Through pickets they can see me, but I never allow them to touch
private parts of...
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Categories:
beachhead, imagery,
Form:
Rhyme
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet 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...
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Categories:
beachhead, culture, heart, war, world
Form:
Epic
Hero's Return In Armada MassJune 6th 1944
An Armada masses at Europe's door
Five sector landings, 160,000 troops
On the following beaches, our hero's would swoop
Utah, Omaha, Juno, Sword and Gold
Allow me...
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Categories:
beachhead, angst, death, family, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Time, Like Crashing WavesTime Like Crashing Waves
Time, like waves crashing on a smooth-faced sand,
Leaves imbedded ripples on shores of memory
And drop-offs marked with steep undertow warnings
In foamy...
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Categories:
beachhead, time,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
beachhead, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
beachhead, character, culture, funny, political,
Form:
Grook
Alien InvasionWe are about to be invaded by forces unknown,
the Martians are coming and their cover is now blown.
The invasion will start in the east around...
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Categories:
beachhead, war,
Form:
Rhyme
DefeatDEFEAT
Out of the waves they come.
Helmeted army of crabs
Trundle over the perfect pools
Of starfish and periwinkle,
Murking up the sandy bottom
Of their foxholes,
Armoured claws...
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Categories:
beachhead, beach,
Form:
Free verse
RespecterMy warden is the one who lights the specters.
I apologize.
Quite the respecter of persons. He does it merely to emote....
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Categories:
beachhead, death
Form:
Free verse
Te Arai PointBright sun lit the sky and I lit a joint
and the mood was gay and our spirits free;
when headed for the coast, Te...
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Categories:
beachhead, beach, nostalgia, youth,
Form:
Sonnet
Anzac DayAcross starboard bow the cliffs drew nearer,
into harm’s way mighty battalions drove -
men and mule upon cold waves of terror
stormed the...
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Categories:
beachhead, anniversary, soldier, war,
Form:
Sonnet
The Power of ChangeA courageous wave,
unfurls it's massive,
turbulent-white wingspan,
charges the beachhead,
and flings itself, determinately,
against a rocky cliff wall:
metamorphosing into a fine mist,
floating languidly in the soft breeze,
then...
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Categories:
beachhead, introspection,
Form:
Light Verse
Flatulent ChaosFlatulent chaos came late last night.
My Lola Beans she jumped in fright.
A forceful toot so grand and loud.
Followed by a gaseous cloud.
it knocked poor Lilly...
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Categories:
beachhead, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ins and Outs of LoveIs the passion of loins or the merging of mind
More significant role found in Love if Love's real?
And does sex make its bed (a sad...
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Categories:
beachhead, love,
Form:
Rhyme