Long Commemorated Poems

Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day

On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...

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Preface: 
On February 4, 1861,
the seven states that had seceded
by this point convened and created
the Confederate States of America
under the leadership of Jefferson Davis.

Just under two months later,
on April 12, 1861, Confederate forces
opened fire on...

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The black dog stood out in contrast to the snow drift Arlis found her half buried in.Emaciated she was a light load as he hoisted her onto his shoulder.She appeared to be a Irish wolf...

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Memorial Day is the day we set aside to commemorate members of our United States Armed Forces
who died in service to our country… not only for you and me….but so future generations can live free.

Today...

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"You're not afraid- are you, Stacey?"  She giggled. "Don't you think you 
ought to slow down?" I mustered.  "We'll be alright," she said with a grin and kept 
on trucking, but when we...

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From color, everything turns into shades of grey
A palette of beauty, now so monochromatic
Everything good and bad ends up as alabaster
And all else is simply forgotten
Lost in the thick-leafed pages of time
Only preserved by the...

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THE HOLY WEEK 

I reminisce, I miss……
This week is Holy Week and I cannot help;
but to reminisce how we observed the
Holy Week, when I was growing up, that I miss.

Today is Good Friday and I...

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On Sunday March thirty two thousand fourteen, my sister
lost her grim battle to cancer, she was much younger than I;
nobody would believe that she fervently prayed while waiting to die...
who gave such strength to endure...

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Today, I was reminiscing about Independence Day celebrations of yesterday,
And how happy throngs commemorated the day as compared to today.
Corona virus and rowdy mobs have seized our orderly domain;
I'm left wondering!  Will the Fourth...

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Emotionally drained
scars no longer visible
and I can still anticipate
the next slap 
held prisoner by my thoughts

the pain deep within
a voice,
telling me I must have been at 
fault
for him to turn from love 
to hate in...

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Trying to remember 
How it all goes 
Ask, and no one knows
Pointing in every direction 
East and west
just more reflection 
Inward retreat 
from these
external beatings 
a slave in a land
of dreams 
filled with too
many misdeeds 
They say we've 
lost our way,
I say the compass
we were...

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A HABITAT OF MODEL AND A MEDAL:  BAHAY KUBO

Our bahay kubo*
Is an achievement
And a dream come true
For us to dwell and live
On this simple hut
Whose inspiration I’ve drawn satisfaction
Indeed:  I had gotten: A...

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Momma's twin Bundles of joy
Did fate, Suddenly, come to destroy
After decades of standing so Proud and Tall
Were they coming down like th Berlin Wall
When a Suicidal plane took to dropping from the sky
Only to disrupt...

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There stands a blackened tower
Shrouded in a ghostly white
The tomb of seventy two
From a day that drags on hour by dreadful hour
As we reflect upon that ghastly night
A day so many live to  rue.

From...

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When tears came out of my dour eyes,
In depth of faint soul and sobbing sighs,
All the cosmos here felt inutile,
Of rich hearted folk, but introversively futile,
Birds passed by me to revive a new hope,
Not to...

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William Thomas Pickering, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, G/3371 born 1881 died 1916 
Commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial, France.



Remembrance day ..
A field of bright red poppies dance
As I walk hand in hand with my...

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Once The Covered bridge





Till last fine month 
I was poising firm,
Aloft those giggling waters
that often went wild.

Taking pride of
my sinewy timbers,
As brimming loads of 
endless desires passed by.

In my days of youth
Condoned the avid,
Drudgery and...

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DARK WINTER ENDS, WELCOME SPRING
 
The first day of winter came with harsh news.
My brother, his wife and son contracted
Covid, then seventeen others tested
positive, for this virus does not choose
it’s victims that it suddenly suffused
our...

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Jesus has The Last Supper
While man yearns for the last wish
To be fulfilled in life time
In old age 
Wow
He wants to travel round the world
What a splendid idea
A lot of money spend
Pouring out like running...

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Immutably
the rock rests solemnly reposed,
settled in its venerable vigilant venue.

It silently witnesses the estuary of geo tides
muted in indolent vibrations
crafted from the command of tacit eons
that carve its inevitable formation.

Narrated within stoic calmness,
its testimony is...

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- I firmly press the side of my head against the inside of my left bicep. Leaving my arm at an awkward angle and I looking a bit foolishly. When I release, the imprint of...

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ENTIRE LANDSCAPES

 a means
of sustaining
the
creative

  a seminal
influence
of the
 unexpected

an
image
 the intensity
of the
  visionary

within

boundaries of
the  possible

landscapes
  remembered 
 &
 commemorated
with kindness
&compassion
&
 irrevocably
evolving


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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Few now remember the horror of November 22nd
The year was 1963, and it seems a long time ago,
But by American history and memories reckoned
The death of the president far eclipsed Mar-a-Lago.

On that day President John...

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Love should not be about one day,
or a moment commemorated in time,
It should be a halo of positive feelings
that illuminate lives,

Love should elevate spirits and be unwavering,
never moody or changing,
It should be the one constant...

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Written: by Tom Wright
January 2015

The memory of a person is established
By the length of shadow cast on earth,
Some shadows remain long after departure,
While others seem to scamper into the grave;

Man is rarely commemorated for two...

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