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Best Close Ranks Poems

Below are the all-time best Close Ranks poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of close ranks poems written by PoetrySoup members

Death of a Lancer

My one true love with eyes of sparkling blue
Our hearts as one it was our destiny
Heaven sent you for me and me for you
It would...

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Categories: close ranks, death, horse, love, soldier,
Form: Sonnet

A Study In Bronze

I’ve unfurled the Southern Cross tonight and put it
On the wall, and as I gazed the longest while.. I thought I heard the
dingo’s call? ...

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Categories: close ranks, endurance, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

1861

1861

Dust rises from the rutted road.  Cannon laden caissons rumble slowly forward.  A red sun competing with the campfires glow. Weary troops break...

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Categories: close ranks, historydeath, men, war, death,
Form: Narrative

Rondelet: Panic Stations

Panic stations
Uneasy the herds where packs rode
Panic stations
Packs close ranks when lone wolf notions
Disrupt the pecking order mode
It's the lone voice that bears the load
Panic...

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Categories: close ranks, philosophy,
Form: Imagism

Copla Tres: This Bad Guy World

COPLA TRES (THREE):  This Bad Guy World

Bad guys signal to each other
In cryptic lingo and hand signs
Close ranks bind ties

Egg-white eyes of the murderer
Encroach...

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Categories: close ranks, philosophy,
Form: Didactic

Mother's Day

MOTHER’S DAY                       ...

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Categories: close ranks, dedication
Form: Free verse

Captain Pugwash and First Mate

Your voyage began in the summer of 69.
The adventures of life lay ahead.
Though you knew it would not all be plain sailing,
Your four years of...

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Categories: close ranks, anniversary, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Usins and Themins

USINS & THEMINS

Usins had a funeral, for a boy who’d seen enough
He hung himself on Wednesday, up in Ballyduff
Themins had a funeral, for a girl...

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Categories: close ranks, political,
Form: Rhyme