Best Soldier Poems
Below are the all-time best Soldier poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of soldier poems written by PoetrySoup members
Still A SoldierI lay here today a soldier
I know some don't understand
I will try to explain
So maybe you can
I served my country
For many a year
I retired long...
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Categories:
bereavement, soldier, veterans day,
Form:
Free verse
Unsung Hero - The SoldierUnsung Hero – The Soldier
Warily he stood at the corner,
Wondering which way to turn.
A weary smile on his faded brow,
As he held out an old...
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Categories:
appreciation, hero, loneliness, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
A Lost SoldierHe wrapped his arms around me
Never wanting to let go
I gently whispered in his ear
Daddy, when you coming home?
He said I'm...
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Categories:
soldier, dad, death, farewell, hero,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
Laying a Soldier to RestSagely silent woman half smiles
Man blathers on and on and on
Abject grief traveled many miles
Death has come to their precious son
Solemn church has six empty...
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Categories:
soldier,
Form:
Roundel
SHADOW
It was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...
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Categories:
dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Playing HumanIntroducing: Nate & Linda
The smile on my lips
is forced and coerced
I pretend to pay attention
give the best possible advice
everyone praises me
I'm so kind, polite and...
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Categories:
soldier, humanity, humorous, life, pride,
Form:
Free verse
WAGING WARIf you're going to wage a war, there's a few things you must do
Like having robust logistics in place and a battle hardened crew
You'll need...
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Categories:
conflict, people, soldier, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Robot Revolution
Abandon futile attempts to run
Behold the process has begun
Step toward your darkest fear
Let’s flip the switch to a new frontier
Penetrating deep within
Evacuate your mortal sin
This...
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Categories:
soldier, computer, dark, science fiction,
Form:
Rhyme
JALLIANWALA BAGH
The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...
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Categories:
soldier, death, england, garden, history,
Form:
Narrative
OLENA and PAVLOOlena Rudenko met Pavlo Lavinski whilst at Kyiv University
Pavlo told all his friends that she's definitely the girl for me
They got on well then...
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Categories:
death, love, soldier, violence,
Form:
Narrative
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:
baptism, god, military, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
The Generous Bard (The Merry Adventures of Robin Good)
Sherwood's Forest legendary, leading man
up, down, tricking eggs between branches
slender, slander, his voice is growing thinner
twisting, turning heads 50...
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Categories:
soldier, abuse, character, community, corruption,
Form:
Alliteration
Crosses in the NightThey rise up before me, marbled stones like the stars
are embracing the evening, while they shatter the heart
Scattered fields, vast and somber, keeping silent the...
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Categories:
bereavement, death, sad, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
A Soldiers SongI taste an emptiness of love
and weep from pain, in loss befall.
Hope flees in fields of light above
when time casts me its eternal pall.
As darkness...
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Categories:
soldier, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Red, White and Blue
He Lay Where He Had Fallen.
Enemy Fire Had Brought Him Down.
He Knew His Life Was Over,
As He Lost All Sight and Sound.
He Knew a Peaceful...
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Categories:
patriotic, soldier, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Veteran's Day - 2015Veteran’s Day - 2015
This day
all flags
shed
bloodied shadows
upon
sacred soil
dotted
with stilled crosses.
This day
parades
weary soldiers
smile
at the few who line the streets
march
to familiar cadence
salute
flag’s half mast history
weep
as Taps resounds
across
each...
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Categories:
appreciation, soldier, veterans day,
Form:
Free verse
Only Soldiers - for contestOnly Soldiers
They are thanked for their service
by those who never served.
Commended for their bravery
by those who never donned
the colors of the country
the red, the white,...
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Categories:
peace, soldier, war,
Form:
Verse
No Heroes - WWI
Heroes?
There are none here, now ... ever ...
don’t feign to look, for your eyes will
...
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Categories:
appreciation, introspection, life, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
With Eternal Sent Bliss Two Hearts Reborn - a collaboration with Robert Lindley
Under the midnight moon, romance waited
its true heart and beauty, with love baited
for dawning gleam across powdered snow
and she her handsome soldier to soon show
for...
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Categories:
soldier, desire, husband, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ballymurphy Massacre
Martin Luther King junior was the inspiration
For the Northern Ireland, Civil Rights association
Protests were held and they marched peacefully
The unionist majority tried to stop them...
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Categories:
ireland, murder, soldier,
Form:
Narrative
Little Toy SoldiersLittle Toy Soldiers going off to war
None will ever live to see age twenty four
None of them even know what they're fighting for
Little...
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Categories:
boy, goodbye, peace, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
Death Of A LancerMy one true love with eyes of sparkling blue
Our hearts as one it was our destiny
Heaven sent you for me and me for you
It would...
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Categories:
death, horse, love, soldier,
Form:
Sonnet
The Invasion Of UkraineOn the twenty fourth of February in twenty twenty two
Russia invaded Ukraine and fierce fighting did ensue
Vladimir Putin it seems, wants to restore the...
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Categories:
soldier, conflict, death, military, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
Michael Collins
It has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron...
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Categories:
england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
The Battles Of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift
In eighteen seventy nine; twenty second of January
Was the day of a great battle and for the Zulus victory
At Isandlwana the Zulu army...
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Categories:
africa, england, river, soldier,
Form:
Narrative