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Best Good Soldier Poems

Below are the all-time best Good Soldier poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of good soldier poems written by PoetrySoup members


How To Be a Good Soldier: In the Army of the Lord
one of the world's greatest men was an apostle named Paul
and when he when he wrote this text he was behind prison walls
he had been...

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Categories: good soldier, devotion, faith, inspirational, life,
Form: List



Good Soldier of the Lord
G-ood soldier of the Lord, 
E-nemy's worst nightmare; 
R-eady to defend the faith, 
S-trong during vile weather. 
O-ctober thirteenth morn, comes the brave warrior; 
N-either...

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Categories: good soldier, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Mercy, Turned
Cold and sodden
The rain fell heavy in the night
As if his sins were known to the sky gods
And, in mercy, sought to wash them off...

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Categories: good soldier, analogy, forgiveness, humanity, native
Form: Free verse
Sicut Miles Christi
Sicut Miles Christi I stand tall 
Sicut Miles Christi I give my all 
To a Man who deprived the devil of his will 
To a...

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Categories: good soldier, bible, christian, courage, soldier,
Form: Quatrain
Career Angst
Studying for hours on a subject that I love and despise
Grappling with words and definitions
Trying to make sense out of all the confusion and complexities
Of...

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© Matt Ray  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: good soldier, education, money, student, travel,
Form: Free verse



A Soldier's Friend
Slowly breathing with a steady beat
Boots are crunching you feel the heat

You inch on closer, looking around
Watching your friends make not a sound

You have been...

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Categories: good soldier, courage, family, freedom, life,
Form: Couplet
So It Goes-Homeward Bound
The surf, ferocious in the distance
white caps and roller coaster waves
nose-dives into the shore
sand rearranged; sea life takes cover-
the hermit crab –boroughs;
the gulls greedy, hungry...

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Categories: good soldier, absence, introspection,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Ode For Each Soldier
“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”


A warm hand salute to each brave soldier
Who courageously fights in each battle
Willingly waging...

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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: good soldier, soldier,
Form: Ode
Memories of the White Republic
I remember my candles in the night
My eyes heavy but weightless like light
The thought of being a corper my right

A pound on my head boom...

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Categories: good soldier, anxiety, art, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Onslaught
Finally home, cheers, hugs, kisses abound
My head throbs, but the fierce rage I contain
On hair-trigger alert, my inner storm starts to pound
As a good soldier,...

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Categories: good soldier, depression, war,
Form: Rhyme
An Allegory of My Life
7 Aug 08 1:00 PM 

I once thought I had awaken from a dream.
I bolted upright and let out scream!  
I ran from my...

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Categories: good soldier, allegory, boat, care, family,
Form: Narrative
What If I
WHAT IF I
by
 JOHN M. ARRIBAS



What if I would die suddenly, this day
What would kin and acquaintances  say
That I was smart, clever keeping my...

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Categories: good soldier, analogy, eulogy, funeral, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Young Soldiers of Christ
Marching with confident swagger, they stride
Jubilantly boasting of pony ride
While slinging rifle with flair
For cowboy video share
As Christ’s young soldiers*, amidst boyish pride.

*2Timothy 2:3 Thou...

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Categories: good soldier, appreciation, character, cheer up,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Melting a Soldier's Frozen Heart
He sees them wandering
in streets filled with debris:
they are dirty and lean,
and don't speak a word;
many horrible things they have seen,
many screams they have heard
and...

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Categories: good soldier, children, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme
Sit Down, They Say
sit down

they tell me

sit down

calm that voice

calm that spirit voice

thats wants to revolutionize

and change hateworld

calm that love

calm that spirit, they say

fearing day of love

fearing reckoning...

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Categories: good soldier, love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs