Get Your Premium Membership

Best Troops Poems

Below are the all-time best Troops poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of troops poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Freedom's Voice (For Our Troops)
We hear your voice across this nation
We send our love and admiration
Now standing in awe of what you do
We dedicate this day to you.

On nine...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, thank you,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)

Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member 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...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Benedict Donald
The White House harbors an orange traitor
Benedict Donald, science-hater
He never met a fact
He didn't try to whack
This prick puts the 'dick' in Dictator!

The obtuse ogre...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, anti bullying, community, political,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member - a Most Irish Fairy Tale -
- A Most Irish Fairy Tale – Merry Christmas to All

It’s not just Santa Claus who we meet in the very cold of December; 
There...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, beauty, christmas, december, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member I Am Me, Set Me Free
I am given to you by Creator Himself
My Limbs long to grow straight and tall
Bathed in sunlight from above, paying homage
Fulfilling my God given task
From...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, cancer, creation, environment, health,
Form: Ode
Premium Member A Ray of Sun On a Rainy Day
i stood looking outside
listening to the rain 
with its long slender fingers
tap a tune against my window

squeegees in hand
i could see 
the troops of drops
clean the air
for...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, rain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ante Bellum
“ANTE BELLUM”


BEIGEBest served where it can’t be seen
On Stirling Silver platters
With redruM narcotics
Delivered by sharp Blood-Red
Well-mannered talons
Strutting in sleek wet rolling tight-skirted
Long French Silk Stockinged...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, america, bible, corruption, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blàr Chùil Lodair - the Battle of Culloden
16th April 1746
The day a country ceased to exist
British Army, Hanoverian scum
Defeated our Jacobite's
Scotland is on the run
 
Our Tartans banished, bagpipes no more
To lead...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, political, warmen,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In the Dark of the Strand
Marquees are bright with neon lights, where crowds line up for movie night
Holding hands, we're in 'The Strand'. The velvet carpet guides us in

Popcorn smokes,...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, dark, film, history, military,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Commenter's, I Thank You
Now where does this Highlander start
To thank those commenter's, present and past
So many read and absorbed
Their kindness to me always lasts

Dr.Ram and Carol Brown
My African...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, on writing and words,
Form: Quatrain
Bicycle Playing Cards
Around since 1885,
These playing cards contain
A fascinating history
That Google helped obtain.

My favorite fact’s from World War II.
(It’s more than rumored lore.)
Some special decks were sent...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lili Marlene
Lili Marlene

In times of war, love can subdue cynical adversaries
(Men separated from their vocation, now filled with hatred)
And quell the beast inside their misdirected hearts,
And...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, history, memorial day, remembrance
Form: Verse
Premium Member World War 11 Through the Eyes of My Mom
WORLD WAR 11 THROUGH THE EYES OF MY MOM
POEM NO. 1 OF TRILOGY

World war 11 was nearing its end, 
The Nazis losing ground
In Russia, been...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ukraines Defiance
Ukraine is putting up a brave fight and is not giving in
A two finger salute to that murderer, Vladimar Putin
For eight months now they've held...

Read more of this work...
Categories: troops, death, evil, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things