Best Dunkirk Poems
Below are the all-time best Dunkirk poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dunkirk poems written by PoetrySoup members
At DunkirkAt
Dunkirk,
where thousands
of stranded men
lined a bloody beach,
hope was draining with each
air strike delivered by the
unrelenting Germans’ aircraft.
Cold, starved, and injured men watched from shore -
their...
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Categories:
dunkirk, courage, world war ii,
Form:
Etheree
There Was Once a Man From DunkirkThere abided an old dude in Dunkirk
Who was a deacon in the parish kirk
He cast his...
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Categories:
dunkirk, funny
Form:
Limerick
The Man From DunkirkThere once was a man from Dunkirk
Who always was late for his work.
This man was so lazy,
He drove his wife crazy.
She stabbed him awake with...
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Categories:
dunkirk, funny
Form:
Limerick
Down In DunkirkThe once was a man from Dunkirk.
The war came and he went berserk.
In the French battle field,
Local harlots did yield.
Escape came by fancy footwork.
© January...
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Categories:
dunkirk, political, social
Form:
Limerick
RememberThat time of year has come again
When we reflect and remember them
Polish our boots and press our kit
Remember those fallen that didn't make it
We shine...
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Categories:
dunkirk, memorial day, military, veterans
Form:
Free verse
Security In JeopardyThe Social Security system
Is struggling to find a sound rhythm
If Grandpa survives
Past Age 65
Will Feds...
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Categories:
dunkirk, funny
Form:
Limerick
Tobruk SiegeTobruk Siege
Rommel of the Blitzkrieg
had Europe overcome
With the Stukas and dive bombing
And the Tanks that overrun
North Africka would see his tanks
il Duce’s troops...
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Categories:
dunkirk, adventure
Form:
Rhyme
Sunday BestSUNDAY BEST or A Soldier’s Coup of Grace
Was always smartest one in his brigade
A pride in his appearance was consistent
Though beach at Dunkirk was no...
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Categories:
dunkirk, war,
Form:
Sonnet
A Haunted Green SeaI am haunted by a sea of green eyes
A whole people fleeing the terror of death dropping skies
I'm hating the government and their murderous lies
These...
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Categories:
dunkirk, war,
Form:
Free verse
Soldier of AgesDedicated to Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945)
I'd fought a hundred battles
...
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Categories:
dunkirk, memorial day, patriotic, soldier,
Form:
Sonnet
There Was Once a NerdThere was once a nerd so eager to lurk
Well fed up with his life and his cattle
So he took off with a boat
But that...
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Categories:
dunkirk, funny
Form:
Limerick
Alice MulliganAlice Mulligan hailed from Killsoul
A red head who had a strange role
A brothel, she ran
Till one day a strange man
Sent Miss Mulligan right up the...
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Categories:
dunkirk, funnyday,
Form:
Limerick
That Must'Ve HurtThere once was a young man from New Paltz
Who performed tricks at bowling league halls
One day with his yo-yo
His teammates screamed: "OH, NO!"
When the darn...
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Categories:
dunkirk, funny
Form:
Limerick
The Little Boats of World War 2>We have just remembered the ending of the Second World War VE day it's called. My father, well stepfather was a member of the...
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Categories:
dunkirk, anxiety, beach, boat, confusion,
Form:
I do not know?
CuriosityAs a child it was fun and quite daring
To ogle what the other was carrying
We hid in the loft
Where we played quite oft
To inspect what...
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Categories:
dunkirk, childhood,
Form:
Limerick