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
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People of BabylonBy 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!...
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Categories:
discrimination, history, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Komorebiin 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...
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Categories:
memorial day, absence, age, allegory, death,
Form: Free verse
Grandfather and II 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,...
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Categories:
memorial day, 1st grade, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Audie Leon MurphyAt 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...
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Categories:
memorial day, courage, dedication, independence day,
Form: Quatern
Armistace Day 23Eleventh 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...
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Categories:
conflict, memorial day, military,
Form: Couplet
Flanders FieldThe 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...
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Categories:
emotions, eulogy, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Poppy WreathesPeople 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...
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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
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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...
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Categories:
memorial day, bereavement, hope, inspirational, memorial
Form: Rhyme
It Happened On a Misty MorningThe 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....
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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...
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Categories:
memorial day, adventure, celebration, education, family,
Form: Rhyme
Nine ElevenNINE ELEVEN
That fateful day when the news came in
Grim indeed, but seemed a world away
The two tall pinnacles of a modern city
It took some time to really feel the pity
All colour disappeared, leaving only grey
And...
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Categories:
bereavement, memorial day,
Form: Rhyme
Nine Eleven 2001A day
That I’ll always remember
A very somber DAY
A very sad day
A day to ponder
A day to wonder
A day
Not like any other day
A very unusual day
A day to pray
A day to say
A day of madness
A day...
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Categories:
memorial day, america, death, eulogy, farewell,
Form: Rhyme
We Can Never Forget 911We can never forget 9/11
We will forever remember such a date
A date that will live in infamy
A date that has everything in it:
Sadness, fire, death, destruction and bravery
Heroism, sickness and resilience, except happiness
9/11/2001 is a...
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Categories:
memorial day, bullying, cry, eulogy, funeral,
Form: Rhyme
A Poet's Silent LoveIn love's first glance, I found my delight,
Yet my feelings remain concealed, out of sight.
Clouds of uncertainty sometimes drift near,
Shyness envelopes me, yet I hold onto cheer.
With courage, I wish to express and convey,
"I like...
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Categories:
memorial day, kiss, loneliness, lost, love,
Form: Rhyme
Unknown Soldiersby Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett
One Memorial Day made me consider
The many tombs to unknown soldiers,
In memoriam to the lost
From wars then and now,
Unnamed ghosts.
Is memory of all without any names,
The memory of none?
Surely the...
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Categories:
memorial day, bereavement, death, memorial, memorial
Form: Lyric
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