Long Memorial day Poems
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You are told there is no pandemic.
You are told it’s all a hoax.
You are told it’s a deep state conspiracy.
Three thousand deaths here,
three thousand deaths there,
pretty soon you’re talking about real people.
And then you learn it will end in two weeks.
And then you learn testing is available for anyone.
And then you learn there’s enough ventilators and masks.
Five thousand deaths here,
five thousand deaths there,
pretty soon you’re talking about real people.
But you are assured it will be over by Memorial Day.
But you are assured that hydroxychloroquine is the magic elixir.
But you are assured the states can all reopen.
Ten thousand deaths here,
ten thousand deaths there,
pretty soon you’re talking about real people.
Surely you believe it will be over by summer.
Surely you believe drinking Lysol is the cure.
Surely you believe there will be no second wave.
Fifty thousand deaths here,
fifty thousand deaths there,
pretty soon you’re talking about real people.
Now you know all the health rules go too far.
Now you know about the government plot.
Now you cheer on the Neo-Nazi protestors.
One hundred thousand deaths here,
one hundred thousand deaths there,
pretty soon you’re talking about real people.
Intertwined in survival,
no one is an island, John Donne observed.
Do not ask for whom the death tolls.
It tolls for you.
Published: Dissident Voice, July 26,2020
My mind has been spinning, since toxin contamination
I have been caught in a web of deception and corruption
Searching the landscape, for words to describe this nightmare
The toxins sickened my healthy dog and I like an evil plague
I lost my home where I had been for 10 years, with no help
Evidence didn't matter, speaking didn't matter...
The tester got threatened not to expose my state,
for being included in the Ohio Train Derailment disaster
I turn to writing to survive, as I have my whole life
as I am still very busy due to the toxic disruption
The loss, the trauma, the pain and all I experience
The memories of wildlife fleeing with eerie silence
The acid rain that turned rocks, leaves and plants black
The flourescent orange slime on my tree in the back yard
The trees that died immediately, with no leaves in summer
It was bareness that felt like another planet
I keep working to move forward and pick up the pieces of a broken life
One day at a time, I take action and proceed to succeed
I do more and more, sometimes overworking, just to stay focused
So that, I don't crumble apart, all the while feeling so fragile
I will make it because I am a survivor in this challenging life
My prayers are with everyone in the biggest chemical disaster in our country!
Justice is gone, empathy is gone in this, we are on our own
I have a new life now, determined to create safety, comfort and peace
I still admire the beauty left in this creation granted to us
All this will affect me for the rest of my life....
With memories of my dog Bella , coughing and suffering who died this month
It will haunt me from scenes and evidence that I have gathered
But, sometimes we are put in situations to bring about new, better things
This is why, no matter what the weather or circumstance, we must keep going
I am grateful for what I still have and think about all the veterans, Memorial Day
Those who sacrificed for our country so we can have freedom!
Many things in life take sacrifice, even when it is very hard to do!
Love for our country and our fellow Americans will be the only thing,
that will restore freedom and justice now as it dissolves in the fog
Seek the light, keep your head up, be brave and you can be part of it!
Heidi Sands
5/26/24
Blessings!
For soldiers who died in the service of
my nation, there was made a holiday -
a time to show them remembrance and love
strewing flowers on graves beneath which lay
corpses gone to bone but not forgotten.
It started after a most horrid war -
honoring the souls of those who’d gotten
killed in the Civil War, and then came more:
World Wars 1 and 2 and even others.
On May’s last Monday we must not forget
those who fought for freedom for their brothers -
for all of us! They faced the greatest threat:
the loss of precious life – their very own.
Be thankful you don’t lie beneath their stone.
The day is solemn
time to reflect
a thankfulness for sacrifice
Flags placed to honor
Names carved on stone
Dates of lives gone
Grace and silent prayers
No need for spoken words
shed a few tears
White crosses far to many
numbering those lost
who gain us this day of remembrance
The Quiet screams louder than a thousand bombs
rapid screech of gun fire
explosion of a grenade
the agony cry of a bayonet piercing life
hand to hand combat as the knife stabs through the heart
the dead lying silent on a bloody battlefield
Deafening sound of war.
We are here for the few that go
our way of life lives by the lost of their souls
we speak through their silence
Scripture read, prayer said, Taps bugle calls
tears flow
The Quiet.
They fought with grit to save the nation,
From poverty, squalor and infidelity,
And when they marched it was the Nazi’s or them,
Who would suffice to keep their dignity.
The Second was really over the same as the First:
The freedom and equality that democracies offer;
Hitler was not to rule the freethinking lands,
Which representative governments quietly did proffer.
Their Ladies’ which, it was said, almost flew themselves,
Were engineered by women as superior planes;
Through dogfight and bullet, over occupied territories -
The pilots exploded German ammunition trains.
Rhoda Monihan
WE REMEMBER
We are neither Communist nor Socialists.
We are Americans, living in the land of the free.
Never to forget, to pray and to bend the knee!
Millions died for us,to defend this Constitutional
democracy.
In many wars, far abroad, young Americans, lost
their lives, defending many foreign nations.
This is the day to honor them, their contribution to
humanity with inner contemplations.
Sadly, we think, this day is for celebration?
Wrong,..it’s a day to remember all we have, and
we do not regard.
We think it is all about picnics and beer, in our back yard?
This is a day to both honor and remember all who died!
Americans, do hang your flag outside with pride.
A day to remember all, who fought for you, but now
sleep in peace, in God’s eternal, sparkling starlightL
5/28/2022
The U.S. has a heritage
Born of might and blood.
I will not disinherit it
For wrongs some fools have done.
I will stand with hand on heart,
For those who fought for me.
I rise devoted as a part
Of a nation proud and free.
Our privilege was paid in full,
So high a cost was tendered.
Some knew crimson-dampened wool;
Others, shrapnel-shredded members.
There is no greater love or act
Than to die for the gain of others.
To leave a home, to defend a pact
Or give all for country and brothers.
So I stand with a broken salute.
I do not sit or kneel.
I weep and tremble, the pain acute
For so many died for me.
Memorial Day
Memories that have been made
Lives celebrated for the price they paid
Sacrificing for a country
Who has has went down so bluntly
Values , pride and joy are some of the qualities
That the media tries to destroy
Serving our country whether a girl or boy woman or man
Instead of saying you can't
Knowing you can
On the battlefield
Willing to give up everything
For the land of the free and the heart of the brave
Being trained to help us , with things
You don't know what a joy it brings
We all have talent and gifts
Loyalty and respect
The best hasn't been given yet
Thanks for not regretting your decision.
To have a vision
To go above and beyond your duties
To heal a land or attempt to come up with a plan
So many have fought
Bullets caught
Bombed and wasn't given a chance to show the world
That it can be turned around
From being upside down
Each uniform you put on
Each cloth has a patch a story
My heart goes out to those who have went on to glory
Let's take a moment of silence
To remember those who helped curve violence who helped protect they did all they could
They never neglect
Bow our heads for respect
They didn't do it just for a check
They did it for me and you
A round of applause
Your service puts us in awwwweee
Do you know what it means to sacrifice ?
The ultimate price
With your life
Reminds you of Jesus Christ
Leading the tribe
To a world wide
Wide open
This is a token
To be so giving
In the land of the living
On this day we shall never forget
The line of duty
The long days and long nights
You all put up a great fight
I salute to the fallen soldiers and the living troops
It's like a basketball trying to get in the hoop
Salute ,Salute
Excel do well
Take a picture create memories for in a split second it all can be taken
This is my tribute to you
In memory of all you've done and all you can and will do
United we stand , united we fall thanks for your service and all !!!
Concetta Salutes
Written by: Concetta Hardnett
05/30/2021
The tears you shed for a fallen brother,
in grief, in pain, and in memoriam -
the look in the eyes of his mother.
The light revealed through a smile and a glance,
through words of strength, support, and succor -
the friends found through fate and chance.
The memories, unbidden, of times happy and times hard,
of times of cheer, of challenge, and of change -
the times ahead, yet unsung by your inner bard.
The bits of living that make you sing,
not always with voice, with words, and rhythm -
the events that resonate, to which we cling.
The tears you shed for a fallen brother,
in grief, in pain, and in memoriam -
the ache you would never wish on another.
So, XYZ Company, after my five years of servitude and loyalty
you close the doors, you dissolve the department
with less than a day's notice, because, hey, that's all we deserve-
And it was no accident you announced right before Memorial Day
So you don't have to give us holiday pay
And of course you think that's fair
You would rather deny a dozen people their livlihood
Than deny yourself your vacation home in Hawaii
Or your Montana ranch, or your private plane
At least, you avoided the hyprocrisy
Of pretending to be sorry.
And what of our bonus, XYZ Company,
that you promised, oh so ardently!
Oh dear, so sorry, quarterly revenue goals
were missed by thatmuch
so whoops, can not pay bonus after all
And it would be super great if everyone
Could just develop group amnesia
that we ever said it was 'absolutely' on the way-
Oh, XYZ Company, you scammed us, you flim-flammed us
You lied and you know it and we know it
We were betrayed like an unfaithful lover
Burned like an untrue friend
But there is no illusion here of friendship, or respect, or trust
Or even professionlism
You have no future, XYZ Company, for you are dying
diseased, corrupt, and caving in,
squeezing pennies 'til the end
And I am glad to be long gone
When the collapse comes
When the avalanche of your ruin is complete
And you are done-
Submitted to 'The Gem that Slipped through the Cracks' contest on 2/09/21
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