Thank You Memorial Day Poems

“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...

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Sand and surf of Oahu.
Boogie boards and kids.
Feeling breathlessly safe.
Surrounded by friends -
strangers-in-arms safe.

Elsewhere in time and space
the beaches of Normandy
tell a different tale. Holding
their...

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Memorial Day

To the many soldiers that fought for our freedoms
With arms and feet, pride and spirit
Marching in harmony
Marching with conviction
Marching where ever you were sent
Across...

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WE Honor You Today

To all of our US vetrans
far and near 
we thank you for your service
for all of those years

You sacrificed your time
 and...

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The ones who survived their wars put on their uniforms to march
We gather at the bandstand under the Memorial Day arch
The fallen somehow know, and...

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"...that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously
on the field of battle".  Letter To Mrs. Bixby, President Abraham Lincoln.

In 1864,...

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God Bless those men and women who serve our nation in her arm forces
God have mercy for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice
Memorial Day we...

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Because of you
we can get up every morning
and go to work
run errands at lunch time
drive through McDonald’s
fill up our gas tanks
and make it back to...

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On this day we remember,
Those who have fallen.
The men and women who left,
Home to fight the fight, walk the walk
And signed the blank check.
We dedicate...

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Never let our freedom down!
America, how sweet the sound!
So raise the flag and kiss the ground!
And...never let our freedom down!

Never let our freedom down!
The olive...

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Born of the blood of heroes... shed,
They are watching devoted near the graves,
Dressing up the altar of those who now are dead,
Dancing free in the...

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Wow! welcoming the dawn the series of events yet linger on I fight for the calls and fight for your calls because by the laws...

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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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From the Mayflower, they fought the high seas of the Atlantic.
They were not dressed in uniform, but they were gallant warriors.

From the North Eastern shores...

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The Spirits of Culloden. 
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin...

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