Best Korean War Poems

Published by Poetry Explosion of PA
In Loving Memory of my Dad, Peter J. Mariotti
He left this world on May 9, 2011.  I miss him...

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(This is a universal story of mother’s sacrifice for their children, be it material, emotional, or intellectual.)


It was during the Korean War
Father was taken away...

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Well, you asked for it so here goes!
I'm five-feet, eight inches tall from scalp to toes.
Born October 1930 in Indiana - so there, I've revealed...

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A Little Hill in Arlington

There’s a little hill in Arlington
Where no bodies are interred
Yet crosses dot the hillside
And Taps are sometimes heard

Unlike the Unknown Soldier
With...

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We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the...

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Many are the 'characters' I met while serving my nation.
Seems there's always one who stands out in every organization!
In Bermuda (where I fought the Korean...

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Crushed by WII
Brutal arms of Japan
Father in prison
Brother in heaven
But I marched on

Crushed by Korean War
Brutal arms of North
Goodbye, Father
See you in heaven
But I marched...

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I believe
Because I don’t know

I know the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
I know spring follows summer
Summer follows autumn 
Then winter

But...

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"We are the Dead. Short days ago. 
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved, and now we lie. 
In Flanders...

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Kindness is smile
Kindness is helping hand
Kindness is encouraging words
Kindness is glue that bind us

First year in America
I had a teacher in high school
Miss Rouelle was...

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Son, I'm so proud that you elected to serve in the United States Marines.
Military service is a family tradition - it just happens to be...

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My soul filled with pride and my eyes misted as the parade passed in review.
'Twas the annual hometown Veterans Day Parade that I was privileged...

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A Warrior's Blood In His Old Age

Warriors bled, most now are dead and gone
tales read of blood, guts and dried bone.
Those that found residing in...

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He Picks up his son looks into his eyes, 
and says I love you. Gives His wife a hug 
goodbye as he tries to hold...

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Poppies lay on cenotaphs 
for heroes that died in the wars, 
they gave their lives for all of us 
that's the reason, what they died...

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