Holiday Memorial Day Poems

If my father never made it home,
I wouldn’t have been born,
Yet so many soldiers’ families,
Through the years, have been forlorn.

Every service member suffers,
For the ones...

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Your blood cries out to us
        beneath a benign grassy grave

     Yours was the...

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Memorial Day – 2023... origin of holiday

Strong and brave men and women 
gave their level best
crème de la crème strongest and bravest
leaving grieving significant others...

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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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On the last Monday in May,
once called “Decoration Day,”
flags will fly half-mast till noon,
then at full till dusk. The tune
“Taps” will play and stir our...

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Suburban waste stretches beyond and far away
Languishes under the hot hazy sun
Seasons reap
Memories run
Remembering things better left unseen
Memories reel in the theater on the mind
Things...

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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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Memorial Day – 2020... since time immemorial

crème de la crème strongest and bravest
forsook their lives eternal peace they rest
honored and revered succumbed mortal test.

(now pardon...

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Officially called Decoration Day
proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan
first observed on 30 May 1868
Waterloo N.Y. officially declared the birthplace
by President Lyndon Johnson...

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There is an aura for the moment looking gloom 
Closing in on climatic resolution known as high noon 
Weather was dealt the color grey 
Heavy...

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End of May has come again 
Thinking about pushing the button to send 
Containing a message stating destruction 
But we know how to rebuild with...

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Memorial Day, U.S.A.

The morning sun o'er the parapet seen,
Whilst heard on the wall the bugle call;
‘To The Colors’ as ‘Old Glory’ is raised,
To half-mast this...

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M is for Marvelous
E is for Excellent
M is for Motivational
O is for Optimistic
R is for Respectful
I is for Inspirational
A is for Amazing
L is for Loving

D...

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To some it's just another paid holiday
with picnics, parades and parties,
emphasizing entertainment and food.

For some it's a day to remember
a life lost on the field...

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