Happy Memorial Day Poems

To All Who Gave Their Lives

Far across the seas, they went, to keep this great land ….safe and free.
I was just a wee bit of...

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On May 1, 1865, Charleston, South Carolina, 
Freed African Americans held a parade of 10,000 
In honor of 257 dead Union soldiers, 
whose remains they...

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When I was a boy I don’t think I understood the meaning of Memorial Day.
I knew people got together to commemorate...to remember...and to pray.

But I...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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For the entire world it’s the start to the work week 
In America today silent moments no one speaks 
For all the battles that are...

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The Fine Lady

It is the first time I can remember, 
that I cared about china. 
Which pattern to pick, 
where to buy it, 
and why....

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Historical Outlaws

What, are you talking about? 
I am saying that we have a past. 
It is full of guns, and law, 
and law breakers. 
It...

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Grave Site

By the grave I saw the rest
There was no life left
Dead in the flesh no pulse left
God took back His breath
Ah, distinctly I was...

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She waits 

Until I cry in my arms for you 
babe 
When I think of you 

Until I cradle my feelings for you to bleed...

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Mister Everett Wheeler Cartwright came from Burlington Vermont
All the way to Massachusetts---quite a healthy jaunt

Didn't really understand the cause the Union fought so hard for
Freedom...

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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...

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Memorial Day
Behind the pomp and circumstance
The celebrations and parades
Remember those who battled
The platoons and the brigades
Take some time to think now
Of the freedoms we possess
Of...

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Harvest, By Edward Stewart Cahoon
I worked in the fields today, reaping the crop that others had sown. 
And because of the work I’ve done today
Someone...

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To my sister's ... Happy Mother's Day!
For this is the day of celebrated dedication to one's family and community.
Yet, let's not forget the mother's who...

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This festive night,
My friend I tell you
Some celebrate the  merriment,
Some life gets tragic,
 Dramatic or else magical,
Yet whatever this place 
Have reserved for you
One...

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