Korean War Poems - Poems about Korean War

The Price of Freedom

...Consider for a moment freedom as a greedy banker. It does not sell the country perpetual security, liberty and happiness, it loans those qualities at a high rate of investment, and it does not allow ...

I Love K Food

...I love Korean food
K food

Ever since I first 
Encountered it in 1979
When I joined the Peace Corps

Korean food is somewhat like
Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Thai
With some American i...

Drop-In Centre

...There’s Scottie in his chair
Tongue firmly in his cheek
Trying to wind up Old Noel, 
The highlight of his week.
Noel, over eighty, Veteran
Of the Korean War
Gives as good as he gets
And dishes...

Committal

...Standard bearers lead the Hearse
Past we Veterans lining the road ,
Booted and Suited, at the salute,
In that honoured Veterans’ Code.
We all enter with respect on
This sad and solemn day
Stand...

Like Red Tears Cascading

...  
"We are the Dead. Short days ago. 
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved, and now we lie. 
In Flanders fields. "

                               Quote...

They Kept Dreaming

...Born a boomer, he was.
After World War 11, he appeared.
Just before The Korean War, he came.
Into poverty, Saturday noon, he landed;

Never hungry was he.
Much warmth and love.
Obeyed parents ...

Beautiful San Francisco

...Beautiful San Francisco


						In Northern California,
						By the Bay,
						There it is,
						That beautiful city,
						It’s the city Tony Bennett
						Sings of
						“I Left My Heart...

December Seventh and the Usa

...December Seventh and the U.S.A.
By Franklin Price
12/07/2021

December seventh, forty-one
A day that lives in infamy
Had it not happened, as it did,
Where in the world, would we now be?

Was...

My Veteran Friend

...I have a friend who is a veteran.                                                                                                                                  He served our country during the    ...

Illusion

...When I was born, he was preparing for the Korean War.
We met and became close friends some 20 years ago.

As I recall, they started appearing some two years ago.
They come and go at will, and som...

The Fourth of July

...I was asked, are you going to raise your flag on the fourth of July?

Why shouldn't I raise my flag on the fourth of July, was my reply?

Because they said, did you read Frederick Douglass's famo...

War Is Hell - Born In '24

...I was born in ’24 near the California shore,
Where life was good, whether we were rich or poor.
We moved around a lot, but I never asked what for,
And my friends came and went like a revolving doo...

War Is Hell - Born In '34

...I was born in ’34 near the California shore,
Where life was good, whether we were rich or poor.
We moved around a lot, but I never asked what for,
And my friends came and went like a revolving doo...

Abandonment and Loud Noises

...The year was 1946...


Grandfather, on my dad's side, chemistry professor at the Ann Arbor Campus of the University of Michigan had just finished his tenure, completing his service to our country ...

I Marched On

...Crushed by WII
Brutal arms of Japan
Father in prison
Brother in heaven
But I marched on

Crushed by Korean War
Brutal arms of North
Goodbye, Father
See you in heaven
But I marched on

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