Pearl Harbor Day was today
feels like it’s gone away
Emotions it once ignited
no longer invited
Determination it long ago steeled
faded forever, without appeal
Forgive Old Glory for shedding a tear
lowered to rest after all these years
Categories:
pearl harbor, america, memory, sad, world
Form: Couplet
P Propelled into the war after tora, tora, tora.
E Escalation arrives in Oahu, paradise explodes.
A Amorous and hula skirts set aflame at once.
R Reveal of a takeover plan, pot shots extreme.
L Lucid nightmare lit with oil and screams.
H Hear it! Smell the scent that still reminds us
A About the cost of freedom; the belch of deep
R Roustabouts who have settled into their sleep.
B Bust out! Ring the knell until it comes alive.
O Odor lingers! We must bring it to the surface.
R Round up the freedom fighters of the deep!
Categories:
pearl harbor, america, war,
Form: Acrostic
Remember Pearl Harbor
Seventy-eight Years Ago
By Franklin Price
12/07/2019
Seventy-eight years ago,
At the rising of the sun
Came the day of infamy;
Our present times begun
The sleeping giant awakened,
To become the greatest power
Would take four years and many lives
To have our finest hour
A country made for freedom,
For each citizen to choose,
Stood up to be counted,
Still the biggest in the news
Unlike those whom we had beaten
Did not try to take it all
But fought to bring to others
What we knew was freedom's call
The path that then was chosen
Was an ego boosting way
The world's supposed to cling to
Every single word we say
When we're in disagreement
With the ways that others go
We try to force what works for us
All is better, that we know
We're not the be all or the end all
For any other foreign land
The government at present
Our own people cannot stand
Need to respond, as we did then
Yes, back in forty-one
Fight to win the war we're in
Or it's over and we're done
Categories:
pearl harbor, america, anniversary, world war
Form: Rhyme
Remembering Pearl Harbor
By Franklin Price
12/7/2015
Remembering Pearl Harbor
It was nineteen forty one
The signs were staring at us
The holocaust begun
Fanatics taking over
From sea to shining sea
The masses were ignoring
The war that was to be
It was early in the morning
The bombers flying in
Sinking ships and killing
The fighting to begin
Not a lot of difference
Of what we're going through
The killing and the terror
You see it's really nothing new
If we don't address it
And fight it when it's small
It soon will lead to World War Three
You see history says it all
Categories:
pearl harbor, conflict, destiny, war,
Form: Rhyme
During the time of our sleep
When not even mice would make sounds
The planes they did creep
Hunting their targets like savage hounds
And when they struck
The ground it rumbled
There was no time to duck
As the ships crumbled
Men and women died that day
Which made many families blue
They had awaken the USA
Even though we started World War Two
That day in December 1941
A new strenght had been born
Categories:
pearl harbor, courage, december, funeral, history,
Form: Free verse
We All Know Pearl Harbor
And the Devastation There.
The Men and Women That We Lost,
Was Very Hard to Bear.
We Were Taken by Surprise,
So Many Things Went Wrong.
But the Memories Will Live,
Even Though It's Been So Long.
There Are Those That Did Survive,
To Live Another Day,
To Wonder How it Happened,
A Price They Have to Pay.
Even Though Time Has Passed,
The Memory Stands Clear.
Even Time Cannot Erase,
The Loss That Was So Dear.
That's Why We Are America,
We'll Defend it to the Death
And Say We Shall Be Free!,
With Our Dying Breath.
Categories:
pearl harbor, war,
Form: Rhyme
Pearl Harbor
Bury me not
In an old church plot
Back in my hometown
No, bury me
Beneath the sea
Where my Navy mates went down
Please take me back
To that day of attack
Pearl Harbor in 41
I’d like my remains
With all of those names
When my time is finally done
I fought beside
So many who died
There on that fateful day
Just grant me this
As my dying wish
That I rest where my shipmates still lay
Mdailey
I meant to post this yesterday. It is based on reports that WWII vets that survived the attach on Pearl Harbor have been asking that their remains be laid with their former friends as a tribute to their sacrafice.
Categories:
pearl harbor, anniversary, dedication, funeral, history,
Form: Rhyme
Bury me not
In an old church plot
Back in my hometown
No, bury me
Beneath the sea
Where my Navy mates went down
Please take me back
To that day of attack
Pearl Harbor in 41
I’d like my remains
With all of those names
When my time is finally done
I fought beside
So many who died
There on that fateful day
Just grant me this
As my dying wish
That I rest where my shipmates still lay
Mdailey 12/7/11
There was an article in the local newspaper about Pearl Harbor survivors having their ashes buried there in the harbor. I just had to write this poem.
Categories:
pearl harbor, anniversary, death, funeral, history,
Form: Rhyme
A morning surprise,
Many soldiers sadly died.
Through the morning mist,
The torrents of planes pierce through,
Attempting to destroy us.
Categories:
pearl harbor, warmorning,
Form: Tanka
MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
They made the call.
Some were saved.
Others would fall.
MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
Man The Guns!
Keep in mind
What they saved us from.
MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
Our heroes are sung.
With their blood.
America is one.
MAY DAY! MAY DAY
Let the flag wave.
PEARL HARBOR DAY
Honors all the brave.
MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
"Oh say can you see?"
We're the home of the brave.
And the land of the free."
Categories:
pearl harbor, history, war, may,
Form: Verse
Sunday, December the seventh,
In the year of 1941,
While most of Hawaii still slept,
Came the planes of the Rising Sun.
Waves of bombers and fighters flew,
From the decks of the Japanese ships.
While our planes were still on the ground,
"Banzai" was spoken from their lips.
The winds of war had been blowing
Across the oceans of our earth,
Though not till Pearl had been bombed,
Did we realize what freedom’s worth.
Wars are fought and won on two fronts,
At home and on the battle line.
Both are equally important,
When war consumes our heart and mind.
The attack brought us World War II,
With death, pain and separation.
All who had served were well aware
Of their sacrifice for nation.
Categories:
pearl harbor, history, war, war, world
Form: Rhyme