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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 ......

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Categories: korean war, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
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......

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Categories: korean war, food,
Form: Ode



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......

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Categories: korean war, caregiving, loss, memory, military,
Form: Rhyme
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......

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Categories: korean war, death of a friend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: korean war, history, war,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 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 ......

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Categories: korean war, childhood, dream,
Form: Verse
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......

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Categories: korean war, beautiful, city,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: korean war, america, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Veteran Friend
...I have a friend who is a veteran. He served our country during the ......

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Categories: korean war, friend, veterans day, war,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: korean war, age, image,
Form: Narrative
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......

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Categories: korean war, independence day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: korean war, atheist, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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......

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Categories: korean war, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 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 ......

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Categories: korean war, absence,
Form: Prose
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 Cru......

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Categories: korean war, march, war,
Form: Free verse

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