Best Flag Poems
Below are the all-time best Flag poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of flag poems written by PoetrySoup members
In the Sun's Last GlowOn her terrace where she once had viewed a crimson field,
she stands recalling heroes who were battling their foe.
She still can feel the terror! How...
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Categories:
flag, heart, lost love, may,
Form:
Quintain (English)
The Land of the Midnight SunI went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of...
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Categories:
flag, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form:
Narrative
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:
flag, adventure, beauty, body, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
If Only My Wish Would Come TrueImages of children dwelling in developing world
In plight of poverty~~ some two billion strong,
Fly a flag of existence, waving distress unfurled,
Crooning mournful song: is this...
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Categories:
flag, children, hope, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
It Was Beautiful YesterdayBha e brèagha an-de
(It was Beautiful Yesterday)
There was a sailing vessel
With many a sail proudly lapping in the wind
A flag of the Celtic honor, in...
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Categories:
flag, angel, angst, bereavement, feelings,
Form:
Verse
Categories:
flag, society, war,
Form:
Ballad
My Little Soldier BoyGary, you are my little soldier boy,
who died on Veteran's Day. ('83)
My sunny, golden-haired soldier boy,
that I still miss in every way.
You had just turned...
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Categories:
flag, child, death, remember, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
God Bless AmericaIn the courts of sport and entertainment
They have forgotten the scales of justice
Lacking honor for those who gave life and limb
Sacrificing blood, and buried with...
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Categories:
flag, america, basketball, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
My Allegiance I VowTo my terra of roots
my allegiance I vow
I wallow in your fruits
and to your flag I bow.
Dream not till wake of dawn
beaming sun light I...
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Categories:
flag, africa, art, blessing, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
One MasterI signed a contract with the state
to use my body as they will.
My mind they did manipulate.
In the name of freedom, I would kill.
I never...
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Categories:
flag, baptism, god, military, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
CharacterizationOur two party system isn’t working
Plastic figures, disaster lurking
Conservative or liberal isn’t the call
It’s the ultra rich against us all
For the people is what it’s...
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Categories:
flag, political
Form:
Couplet
- Au Revoir - Goodbye -- 2016 -
- JANUARY -
A freezing cold evening
Where the stars shining bright
With frost blade flanks
From mouth and nose steam
In the clear silence
White untrodden snows
Nature's frozen...
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Categories:
flag, remember,
Form:
Free verse
That Was a HumanAllow me to be disgusted at the jest
and your halfway happy surprise at the end result
of the missile timed precisely:
Did he just splatter?
And allow me...
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Categories:
flag, abuse, angst, bereavement, corruption,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
We, Nasty Womenmust refuse relegation, obey
only the roar of our own angels, then reshape
breastplates to shield the motherland
from any warlord who dares
to pimp our flag.
Battlefields...
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Categories:
flag, allegory, history, political,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Gold StarI remember as a young boy, going out to play, I would sometimes see old Mr. Kimball, sitting on the steps of his porch, often...
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Categories:
flag, childhood, war, war, star,
Form:
Narrative