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Memorial Day Poems | Examples of Memorial Day Poetry

Memorial Day Poems - Examples of all types of memorial day poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for memorial day.
Premium Member Band of brothers diamante
Author Ste.phen ambrose Band...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, character, film, inspirational, memorial
Form: Diamante



A New Year
In the glass of January, I found sanctuary, A sip of new beginnings, a common melody. Gulped down resolutions, though they proved fake, Choked on cut ties, decisions to forsake. A drag of Christmas songs, a nostalgic embrace, Oops, it's...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, april, fun, humor, memorial
Form: Free verse
Premium Member BATTLE CRY
War, War We need more War. Come patriots, Come comrades, Let’s all go to Waaaar! Raise your banners, Gather your muskets, Sharpen your swords, Let's all go to Waaaar! Won’t it be fun, To kill a man We do not know. To take his life And rape...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, conflict, death, destiny, dream,
Form: Free verse
Conversation in the corridors
#Conversations_in_the_corridors Listen with caution, these corridors have deep explicit voices whispering some mind boggling conversations, erruptive spine chilly giving conversations, lies of good nothings, if these corridors could speak and show screenshots, world war 3 of...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, 8th grade, beautiful, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Glum Yet Grateful
Here comes the dawn of a thoughtful Mourn. Month of the desecrated demise of a Monumental personage. Unpleasant feels beclouds the air I consume, My structure reconciles itself to the dreadful wake of the dawn. Hushed his grief within, As though He counts...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, anniversary, death, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Elegy



People of Babylon
By the river of no return Where we sat There we wait Remembering our homeland We were taken into captivity Requiring from us total submission How shall we recite the Lord's Hymn ? In a strange man land Hmm!...Read the rest...
Categories: discrimination, history, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Komorebi
in a pensive mood strolling down the road, rustling leaves keep a count of my steps, a curious finch eyes me close, an unwelcome intruder pacing past her abode, I return the glance with a knowing smile, slowly step away...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, absence, age, allegory, death,
Form: Free verse
Grandfather and I
I am Misti--, didn't get it? Misti(sweetness) is my name, My grandmother gave me that Honor, I'm too grateful. I'm going to 8 months This November soon, My limbs are Not properly working now, As a little bird fears to fly Into the sky,...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, 1st grade, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Audie Leon Murphy
At five feet, five and a hundred and ten The Marines said, “sorry, too small of a man.” Yet he became greatest of World War men, The Army’s David to Goliath stands. An orphan at the early age of...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, courage, dedication, independence day,
Form: Quatern
Premium Member Armistace Day 23
Eleventh of November is armistice day A day in the year where we remember Remember what I hear you say The sacrifice of many far far away They fought for freedom Did not die in vain Our lives would have changed Those...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, memorial day, military,
Form: Couplet
Flanders Field
The once battlefields of Flanders Were soon clothed with Poppy red Perhaps a natural reflection of All the blood that had been shed. The War Cemeteries laid out In lines of stones or crosses A constant stark reminder of The...Read the rest...
Categories: emotions, eulogy, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Poppy Wreathes
People of many nations Rallied to the cause United in their effort To end two World Wars. At the many Cenotaphs Poppy Wreathes are laid With two minutes silence And National respect is paid. Veterans of all generations Think of their lost friends Tears are...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, remember, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
More Than Hope
“MORE THAN HOPE”(written by: Michelle Lynn LeBlanc 11/01/2023) Dedicated to my son, Jayden Donald LeBlanc . . You have given me More Than Hope When hope was all I had The past 2 months have been such a journey Beyond my left...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, bereavement, hope, inspirational, memorial
Form: Rhyme
It Happened On a Misty Morning
The passage of time has not changed anything Neither has it erased all that has been I go down memory lane I'm swathed by loss and pain September 24, 2023....Read the rest...
Categories: loss, memorial day, pain,
Form: Verse
Today You Leave For College
“Today You Leave for College” written by Michelle Lynn LeBlanc 2023/09/03 Today you leave for college We will certainly miss you so The years have gone by so fast As we've watched you grow Now as you train...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, adventure, celebration, education, family,
Form: Rhyme

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