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Enlistment Poems - Poems about Enlistment

Home 'Then And Now
...Home, was where you went at six pm. for supper, for lunch when there was no school, and you were out all morning playing. Where special breakfasts were served on weekends. Where you made your col......

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Categories: enlistment, home,
Form: Free verse
The War That Lost Score - Pt1
...To claim more imperialist Russian land. An invasion of a neighbor was planned. Unbacked slander was said about them. Creating for the world a major problem. Putin claimed they were a pro-Nazi......

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Categories: enlistment, anti bullying, bullying, grief,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Enlistment
...The Enlistment David J Walker As if a brave character in A sad play he marched In heavy boots to the old bus station Feigning courage in the face of Every uncertainty Counting on the five......

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Categories: enlistment, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Prevalence Reality-
...The mountain calls for me The Valleys in awe with me What's wrong with me The air and nature braces me Cooling winds around me What is wrong with me Never Ending resistance Natur......

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Categories: enlistment, endurance, environment,
Form: Rhyme
D-Day
...As the sounds of war loudly roar The thoughts of Freedom began to soar For on that day of infamy It changed the course of history They didn’t ask to be attacked But patriotism became a we......

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Categories: enlistment, conflict, courage, freedom, hero,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Military Bonuses
...Military Bonuses By Franklin Price 10/25/2016 Military bonuses I'm hearing in the news Are asking to be paid back From the people that they choose From the military people Who signed up ......

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Categories: enlistment, abuse, betrayal, career, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Memorial Day 2
... Memorial Day 2 “All gave some, Some gave all” Written: by Tom Wright 2016 Today, we memorialize our soldier’s who lie at rest, Many left families, perhaps some, with wife and child.......

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Categories: enlistment, brother, freedom, memorial day,
Form: Lyric
Downhill Sledding and Skiing
...Downhill Skiing and Sledding He had always found Hillary hard to face Which is why Bernie runs all over the place And he really never got to know her Started sinking to depths that are lower. ......

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Categories: enlistment, humor, humorous,
Form: Couplet
To Joan of Arc
...Your courage unfettered by doubt or dismay Your character tempered to battle display Enlistment from spiritual beings on high The question of conflict you chose to comply Of youth, beauty you con......

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Categories: enlistment, betrayal, celebration, character, death,
Form: Ballad
Just a Soldier
...He celebrated his enlistment And proudly showed the pictures of his plane, A screaming bird emblazoned with the stars And stripes. He joked about our home fried chicken And kissed his baby sister......

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Categories: enlistment, missing you, patriotic, soldier,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cotton Bootie Enlistment
...Cotton Bootie Enlistment by Odin Roark How innocent the booties of birth If only their cast remembrance Might remain but nostalgia Instead Their bronze symbolism Merely encases a onc......

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Categories: enlistment, war,
Form: Free verse
A Way To Greener Pastures
...My words echo back to me Off barren walls Through empty halls Find no hearing ears this eve Except my own I'm quite alone. Soon perhaps I'll leave this place For greener fields 'Cross dista......

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Categories: enlistment, adventure, faith, introspection
Form: Rhyme
If Only
...It would have been his twenty-third birthday next month on the sixteenth. Today we received a letter From the government informing Us our son was killed while fighting The enemy in Kandahar Afg......

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Categories: enlistment, death, introspection
Form: Verse
Premium Member Preparing For Inspection
...The enlistment oath he took gravely to fulfill his obligation, To defend the Constitution and to honorably serve his nation He always looked sharp, wearing the Air Force blue with pride, Adhering ......

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Categories: enlistment, death
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 617 Squadron " the Flight Home "
...Brave men brought together To fly the bombers To hamper the power Enlistment their will To serve the free All humble men As history will see Hearts shaking On this white knuckle ride ......

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Categories: enlistment, angst, brother, death, family,
Form: Rhyme

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