Best Stand Guard Poems
Below are the all-time best Stand Guard poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of stand guard poems written by PoetrySoup members
Stand Guard True AngelAs we worship, bring the silence
in gracious peace ring down the day.
Stay the light that's stained with violence,
deliver calm, pass ill storms away.
Send to us...
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Categories:
stand guard, angel, prayer, spiritual,
Form:
Sonnet
Survival In the Midst of IgnoranceMy prayers are not asking you to
save me from my enemy.
My children have turned their backs.
They praise dance with many
Adversaries-
When...
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Categories:
stand guard, analogy, spoken word, wisdom,
Form:
Classicism
I Practice the Art of SeductionDay in, day out… I’m here
softly walking down
the corridors of your mind
a seductress in search of the room
where you hide your heart
The train of...
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Categories:
stand guard, sensual,
Form:
Epic
Sunburst - Made Into a SongSun brush slow as dawn's light breaks
kiss gently on this heart that wakes
warm up days til night stand guard
when breeze blows brisk and...
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Categories:
stand guard, beauty, song,
Form:
Lyric
Man's Best FriendMan’s Best Friend
Their unwavering loyalty will never adjourn,
they will patiently sit and await your return.
They will give you their best with unending love,
they are man’s...
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Categories:
stand guard, animal, dog,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ultimate SacrificeI am the Unknown Soldier, i stand guard here on my own.
For those who fought for freedom, but never returned home.
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Categories:
stand guard, world war i,
Form:
Personification
The Hanging TreeDead men tell no tails, or so the winds of
Destiny’s say.
On judgment hill from on high,
Voices do echo downwards, as the
Noose does...
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Categories:
stand guard, adventure, evil, history, holiday,
Form:
Free verse
While They DreamDown an old country lane
Void of fortune and fame
Lies a cemetery long forgotten
Overhead, song birds nest
Lullaby those who rest
While the trees weep tears of cotton
Neath...
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Categories:
stand guard, grave, Lullaby,
Form:
Rhyme
GettysburgWalk does he not the specter of death,
His saith raised high, even he himself has had
Enough killing, on the battlefield of Gettysburg,
Satan screams, stop...
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Categories:
stand guard, america, history, imagery, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
MeasuresOctober blows a symphony of sighs
with blustry gusts that presage winter's bleak
arrival as I shuffle through the park,
kaleidoscope of leaves a welcome...
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Categories:
stand guard, nature, me,
Form:
Verse
Measures...inspired by 'Especially When The October Wind' by Dylan Thomas
October blows a symphony of sighs
with blustry gusts that presage winter's bleak
arrival as...
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Categories:
stand guard, on writing and words,
Form:
Verse
Static`
Slandered wavelengths
from an old worn out speaker
cracking with each unbalanced bass note
Finding my brain on overload
and a slower heart beat
out of tune
Static becomes the...
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Categories:
stand guard, art,
Form:
Free verse
Summer SentinelsSunflowers,
cheddar-cheese petals
surrounding seedy-brown-mustard centers,
stand guard over hot summer pavement
like mighty oaks.
Laughing children
run in and out the yellow forest,
slaying dragons,
rescuing damsels in distress,
then pretending to be...
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Categories:
stand guard, art, childhood, flower, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
MeasuresOctober blows a symphony of sighs
with blustry gusts that presage winter's bleak
arrival as I shuffle through the park,
kaleidoscope of leaves a welcome prize.
Swings unswung on,...
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Categories:
stand guard, writing,
Form:
Verse
Possums On the Run - Part 3
"Possums on the Run - Part 3"
Collecting cut
silver blue grass
carries garbage bags
green-ant bites, no siree,
this aint fun.
Stand guard, he’s the
lawn mower Pope
(she...
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Categories:
stand guard, childhood, father daughter, journey,
Form:
Free verse