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Canteens Poems - Poems about Canteens

Canteens Poems - Examples of all types of poems about canteens to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for canteens.
Nigerian Police Station
...Once, I was there to check a tall Zaki And it became reason to meet khaki, Very clean but most offices tacky: A cop could turn one into a lackey! I know The Police is for the Nation But I sha......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, africa, allusion, corruption, cry,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Vultures Circling - Part One
...I'd just checked out of a hotel in the town of Santa Fe Went to the store to collect supplies and went on my way I was heading for the gold rush in the state of California And had registered......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, america, death, girl, horse,
Form: Narrative
Long Trails
...Vibram lugs 2 inches thick for edge work back when I was so young with mountains to climb the leather uppers with mink oil spread in the oven baked again and again Mountains I climb......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 2035 the End - Cop26 I
...The old fashioned monsoons Meant for the flowers and cacti of Arizona California And New Mexico Have fled those deserts and dusty reservoirs To find a new friend instead in Michigan Up here in......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, death, earth, environment, future,
Form: Free verse
What If
...What if.. What if; it wasn't a lockdown forenoon Mommies whisking to kitchenette Daddy's out with newspaper headlines Little cubs denned in their late quilt and wishing no schooling today ......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, 12th grade, beauty, conflict,
Form: Epigram



A Peaceful Army
...A PEACEFUL ARMY Special soldiers went to war Some being not so young. Enlisted to do their duty, But would never fire a gun. They wore a different uniform, Which displayed a red shield. Th......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, war,
Form: Rhyme
Two Cowboys In the Badlands
...“Let ‘em loose,” came his bellowing yell, “I got 3,000 head I gotta to sell, Goin' 1,000 miles in weather that's hell, You're all gonna sweat and all gonna smell”- The boss’s eyes on ten cowboy......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, adventure, character, conflict, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hiding Out In the Badlands
...At last, a refuge from the wind and sand Afraid of the posse that was still on their heels Now they could loose themselves in the badlands Wondering why they had ever decided to steal The horse......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Haiku 38
...as we walk pots clink against canteens – squirrels chatter......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Army Dependant
...Mr and Mrs private first class stationed in Augsburg 15th battalion second Calvary division canteens and sea rashins were being distributed while we had four more court martials. lined outsid......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Turkish Chant
...we gathered our canteens while coughing up tar from the hidden gravel across high terrain through the mist of Ankara teal fabric blew in the.breeze over burnt orange fragments torn from my t......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, adventure,
Form: Chant Royal
Premium Member Little Brook of Childhood
...Little brook of childhood, your water flowed and stayed always cold, I traveled far to reach that scented, steep hill as winter ended with chill. And listening to the babbling sound, mist rose fro......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, childhood, fantasy, happiness, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Cowboy Is
...A cowboy named Hank joined wagon trails going west on his horse He rode the outskirts and back trails of cities in search of a home He would get a piece of land for growing corn near a river’s sour......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, adventure, cowboy-western, imagination
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member From "reveille" To "taps"
...A cavalryman's day was guided by a series of bugle calls, The dulcet tones reverberating within the palisade walls. Wanting to hurl a boot at the bugler for "Reveille" at dawn, Instead he stumbled......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, history
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cornbread 'N Beans
...Growin' up on the Hoosier farm, Mom fixed very simple chuck. (We'd never heard of pate de fois gras or crispy Peking duck!) But never mind such sophisticated and fanciful cuisines. I'd much prefer......Read the rest...
Categories: canteens, foodmom, mom,
Form: Rhyme

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