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
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:
soldier, child, death, remember, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
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
SoldierI saw a burial with a bugler playing taps;
I turned to my father, “what happened?” I asked.
He clutched my hand and with a quiver in...
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Categories:
soldier, death, father, inspirational, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
I Was a SoldierI was a Soldier
I was a soldier many years ago,
How time flies, where did it go.
To many places I was deployed,
Never too long before I...
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Categories:
soldier, anger, angst, betrayal, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
ShadowIt 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 HumanThe 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 nice
It's all just...
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Categories:
soldier, beauty, character, humanity, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Waging War
If 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 RevolutionAbandon 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
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
Jallianwala BaghThe 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
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
Pilgrimage
1991
he’d pick ‘his’ path up as it fell
between the dunes toward the wood
and as the trees knew him so well
they’d all bow down right where...
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Categories:
soldier, life, love, mental health,
Form:
Rhyme