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Best National Anthem Poems

Below are the all-time best National Anthem poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of national anthem poems written by PoetrySoup members


The Nigerian Dream (National Anthem Revised)
Arise, O compatriots, 
Let’s come together to build the broken walls,
Arise, your sinking ship for safety calls;
Let’s rebuild our heroes’ humble halls.

Nigeria's call obey,
Like a...

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Categories: national anthem, dedication, people, heart, heart,
Form: Verse



Quacking Crackers
Donald Duck Chancellor of this fowl kingdom 
wearing an upside down smile's raging hypocrite backwards 
this deranged Duck twitters to and fro as his unhinged...

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Categories: national anthem, anger, conflict, fear, irony,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Quacking Crackers
Donald Duck Chancellor of this fowl kingdom 
wearing an upside down smile's raging hypocrite backwards 
this deranged Duck twitters to and fro as his unhinged...

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Categories: national anthem, abuse, betrayal, conflict, deep,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member What I Kneel For and What I Stand For
It seems that politics today invades nearly every aspect of life,
And creates forlorn misery, pitiful stress and needless strife.
We can't enjoy sporting events 'cause its...

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Categories: national anthem, america, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Salutations To Tiranga -Indian National Flag
Salutations to Tiranga (Indian National Flag)


Mother India was freed from the British shackles...
To tyranny we bid adieu, new freedom welcomed!
'Tiranga' with due honour, replaced the...

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© Anu Nayak  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: national anthem, appreciation, art, patriotic, remember,
Form: Free verse



One Knee
Poet:  Ken Jordan 
Poem:  One Knee 
Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan 
written:  September 2017


One Knee

Yes, I kneel down on one knee 
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© Ken Jordan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: national anthem, africa, america, betrayal,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Music To Die For
Have you thought about the music to send you on your way
If they played you Bach not Beethoven would there be hell to pay

I had...

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Categories: national anthem, music,
Form: Couplet
Celebration
In the year 2003,
both Southern University
and Louisiana State University
won national football championships
A monster celebration followed
in downtown Baton Rouge
It was broadcast live on local TV
There were...

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Categories: national anthem, inspirational, music,
Form: Narrative
Cymru Am Byth Wales For Ever
miles of sandy beaches
and the hills so green
the highest peaks
and lots of castles to be seen

the wooded mountains
deep beautiful valleys
and the long fairway
line with trees

this...

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Categories: national anthem, dedication, beautiful, beautiful,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Stay, Doctor Fauci, Stay


Oh, don’t abandon us now!
We so love your masked fear.
Tell us, Dr Fauci, my dear.

What shall I do, Holy Cow?
Should I check my cat’s rear?
Is...

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Categories: national anthem, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eagles
I watched the Eagles win a Super Bowl
So I screamed break out the band
But then I found I was in Disney World
In a place called...

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Categories: national anthem, humorous, sports,
Form: Rhyme
My Memorial Day Family Salute
My mother’s brother lies in a grave in Normandy 
If he had lived I would have known him as Uncle Stanley 
I recall his oval...

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Categories: national anthem, family, memorial day, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Patriotic Bliss
patriotic bliss--
when all Americans know 
national anthem...

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Categories: national anthem, dedication, devotion, inspirational, people,
Form: Senryu
Remembering Tv of the 1950s
Remembering TV of the 1950s

By Elton Camp

About TV, this little account is told
From when I was twelve years old
Because it was along about then
When TV...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: national anthem, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Truth of the Tricolour
The Tricolour flutters pompously...
Hiding the truth which we cannot see....
The blood sacrificed in its service....
The eyes that were shut before the final wish....!

Each iota of...

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Categories: national anthem, freedom, mother,
Form: Couplet

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