Dunkirk Poems - Poems about Dunkirk

~ When allies falter from his Blitzkrieg force, the blood of British sons infuse the sand. They pray their brothers front the Channel’s course for they have failed to gain the upper hand. And, so they wait as consequences ride upon a horse the devil painted red. They watch in angst as hope and hell collide thus, knowing not if promise...

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Epitome bounds useless waste sacrifices will we ever learn? our future movers, shakers laid to a restless unknown...

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Dunkirk – How it Hurt They once tried to survive upon the sand That they called No-Man’s land Bombs and bullets fell as they stared They couldn’t breath as there was no air But then out at sea what a commotion Stirring up such emotion It’s time for you to go home young man For you no more sleeping on the sand That was...

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Lines of youth on forsaken beach, waiting forlorn for an unseen saviour. Jagged metal machines of war lying lifeless, once proudly ridden beyond the sea. Billows roll where bodies now loll, turning over in crimson foam. The living watch, all eyes upturned where riveted winged eagles clash. Brave lads they all though terrified, stood somber mid the bombs fall, and yearned for Dorset Coast whence came...

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Andrea Dietrich and Dunkirk Sure seem to be so many similarities, Along with varieties and familiarities; When compared, And also shared; Sometimes disturbed by disparities. Do take awesome Battle of Dunkirk, And way out everything would work; Harvey hurricane, Sadness remain; Much love was there as it would lurk. There are so many similarities between Battle of Dunkirk, Hurricane Harvey, Mrs. Miniver's Rose and Gwaltney Island. All of...

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At Dunkirk, where thousands of stranded men lined a bloody beach, hope was draining with each air strike delivered by the unrelenting Germans’ aircraft. Cold, starved, and injured men watched from shore - their few rescue ships being bombed and sunk. How must they have felt knowing their homeland was so close – and yet so far away? Horrific days passed when at last brave civilians came with...

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For Didds Four tankards found at the foot of the hill Bet someone got w*nkered, and now they feel ill Bet it went down so easy that no one resisted And now they’ve forgotten the tankards existed But down at the pub there are rumours of scandals Of boisterousness, and the theft of four candles And a gap on the shelf where...

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The once was a man from Dunkirk. The war came and he went berserk. In the French battle field, Local harlots did yield. Escape came by fancy footwork. © January 16, 2011 Dane Smith-Johnsen...

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There abided an old dude in Dunkirk Who was a deacon in the parish kirk He cast his lecherous eyes On ladies' keisters and thighs He was renowned about...

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There once was a man from Dunkirk Who always was late for his work. This man was so lazy, He drove his wife crazy. She stabbed him awake with a dirk. For Deborah Guzzi's limerick contest 9th place...

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