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Remembrance Poems - Poems about Remembrance

Remembrance Poems - Examples of all types of poems about remembrance to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for remembrance.
The Lucky Cigarette
Lucky Strikes was his cigarette Soothing his nerves from what he could expect He had been at war since ‘43 And his War story had been something to see It was his unit’s turn for the front line And he...Read the rest...
Categories: remember, remembrance day, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse



The poppies are singing
the poppies are singing my ears are ringing the bombs went off the poppies are singing the other teams winning for now the poppies are singing a ghostly tune for the bodies laid to rest far to soon the poppies are singing there...Read the rest...
Categories: remembrance day,
Form: Rhyme
Death
you crumple to the ground pain blossoms in your chest like a poppie blooming soon it will be the signal of your remembrance for the color of its petals stains your shirt you lie there your vision fading into a haze...Read the rest...
Categories: remembrance day,
Form: Free verse
The Forgotten Bards: Song of the Classical Minstrels
Forever extinct seems the age of classical poetry, With all its cheers from caves, cottages, marble domes and temples, When now a country honors not classical bards: O Hugh MacDiarmid, Petrarch, Ono No Komachi, Thomas Chatterton, Robert Browning,...Read the rest...
Categories: remembrance, allusion, appreciation, betrayal, emotions,
Form: Ode
From the Bones of the Dead
The poppies grow where the bodies lay. They grow out of their skulls; Out of bullet holes and discarded limbs— Anything is their home. And in this brutal massacre, A young poppy seed finds solace: Somewhere to grow old. The poppies reach...Read the rest...
Categories: death, flower, remember, remembrance
Form: Free verse



In Their Honor
On this day, I think of those who gave it all for a cause, answered the call to duty and service. I often wonder, what compels one to make such a profound sacrifice, how to quantify such bravery. Those of us,...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, memorial day, remembrance
Form: Free verse
Premium Member War's Last Battleground
He fell as he retreated from war’s last battleground Stray bullet lodged beneath his brain ghostly whispers in...Read the rest...
Categories: remembrance, death, joy, lost love,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Wreath laid on his tomb My voice cracks as tears stream down ...Read the rest...
Categories: father son, remembrance day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mom’s Advice For Me Mothers Day 2024
Mom’s Advice For Me Miracle Man Tom Wright Mothers Day 2024 Our mom was one of ten children. Her parents were farmers at a time when it required horses, mules and large families. She said that every child...Read the rest...
Categories: remembrance, how i feel, mothers
Form: Narrative
Premium Member WANNABE ACE ROTHSTEIN THE CARNIVAL BOSS
YOU CLAIM TO BE ACE ROTHSTEIN A BOSS COMMITING HIEST ON DISABLED ELDERLY PERSONS BREAKING INTO MOBLE HOME GOLF CARTS AND MEDICATION BOXES RETRIEVING ANTIDEPRESSANTS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES HEART MEDICINES AND VIAGRA PUSHING THESE MEDICATIONS...Read the rest...
Categories: freedom, remembrance day, spoken
Form: Free verse
ANZAC in Australia
I was thinking of the last Dawn Service I took my mother to at the War Memorial on North Terrace, Adelaide…. Lest we Forget ANZAC in Australia A sparkling morning on dewy ground A crowd of people gathering...Read the rest...
Categories: remember, remembrance day,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS
CRISIS SESSION FBI HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION NON-REDACTED FBI: HELLO WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY AGENT BROWN: HELLO THIS IS AGANT BROWN AND THAT DARK PLACE IS RETURNING AGAIN I AM IN CRISIS AGAIN FBI: OKAY WE ARE HERE...Read the rest...
Categories: remembrance, america, analogy, anxiety, mental
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member He Is Risen
“He Is Risen” Miracle Man 3/31/2024 Jesus Christ is my source of power, my only hope. As I navigate daily, the world’s sin cursed slope. He bore our sins when on the cross, he was hung. But it didn’t end there,...Read the rest...
Categories: god, jesus, remembrance day,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member GOOD FRIDAY just to say part 1
Beads of sweat drip onto eyebrows, tears of pain filling His stripes again on that tree he was to die It is finished ..was his cry We witness today,His good news on a cross,slain for us, A man of truth,none can deny he gave his life..for you & I rememberance of His stripes and pain in that death,we live again. A man mourned then,by just a few In just three days was born anew ...to be continued ...Read the rest...
Categories: christian, remembrance day,
Form: Didactic
A Mothers Love
ANZAC Day 25/4/ 2024 This is a true story dedicated to the missing and the families of the missing of soldiers from the wars Australia has been involved in. A Mother’s Love Perhaps it was the machine-gun’s infernal...Read the rest...
Categories: remember, remembrance day,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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