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After ANZAC

What did the Turks do at ANZAC When the Diggers left not looking back Did they wander through the trenches and dugouts Wondering in the end what was it all about Did they taste the treats left behind for...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Faded Words

Faded words on a grave stone So many years have since gone Killed in Action in France in 1916 His grave was lost and can’t be seen His name is written on the wall at Villiers Bretonneux The Australian national...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, war, world
Form: Elegy

The Forever I Feared

The Forever I Feared David J Walker The Forever I feared would last Three years Before I knew The Army wasn’t really Meant to be forever Or was it? Or is it? As I try and write It’s past...Read More

Categories: remembrance day,
Form: Rhyme

The Importance Of Remembering Their Sacrifice

So many make many sacrifices but nothing can ever truly compare to those who've given their lives for our freedom, that is very rare In the conflict of bloody war where blood is spilt by the few for the sake of...Read More

Categories: peace, remembrance day, war,
Form: Rhyme

Remembrance Day Acrostic Poem

R is for Remembering those who have died before us fighting to save our country E is for Educating ourselves about History M is for Making a difference every day E is for Encouraging those around...Read More

Categories: holiday, remembrance day,
Form: Acrostic

To Add A Remembrance Day Poem

I remember them fighting Their death no more bad I remember them needing where life left them sad I remember their calling for right that was had I remember them loving what life meant to add...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, appreciation, dedication, eulogy, remembrance
Form: Quatrain

'A Soldier Brave and Strong'

The snow is falling, falling on Remembrance Day, and I cannot help recall and remember my brother; now, his beautiful name is engraved in a stone gray, he was more than a brother but a friend like...Read More

Categories: remember, remembrance day,
Form: Verse

BLOODSHED

lone bugle laments their bloodshed and sacrifice ne’er forget their feat Premier Contest Sen-ru (rather than hi-ku) Sponsor Brian Strand 4th PLACE...Read More

Categories: remembrance day,
Form: Senryu

Remembrance

Today as we remember the fallen upon foreign fields that were trodden by armies at odds, our wreaths laid on sods will ensure that they are not forgotten....Read More

Categories: military, remembrance day, world
Form: Limerick

Remembrance

REMEMBRANCE Behind a bright flint wall Limestone epaulettes neatly cut Hidden from passing eyes is Lijssenthoek. In pristine rows of white they stand erect, Shoulder to shoulder Eyes right! In military ranks Names and regiments neatly etched in stone But not for all. In mixed pieces...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, war,
Form: Free verse

REmembered

REmembered He knelt in the field of poppies red, He remembered his comrades, dead. 'twas all refreshed, the pain, the fear, The round he took, brought death near. The poppies strange, blood red all around, Like his mates, they littered the...Read More

Categories: remembrance day,
Form: Rhyme

Tynecot : Gods Acre

Tynecot. God's acre. Here.. A quiet churchyard on the Kentish Weald Finches flit from holly to yew Shafts of gold pierce the morning sky Calm...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, sad, world
Form: Rhyme

Special Day Impression

All through the year I wait for this special day to dawn bright, when you came in my lone life, an event we celebrate in candle-lit keen closeness, drenched in the glow of moonshine. As champagne bottle fizzes my heart floats with...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, celebration, heart, love, remembrance
Form: Verse

Candid Collection

Shutter child Flash afternoon Distance closes Returning click Your laugh My smile Candid Collection Free spirit Funny face Captured moments Forever held Close closer Become one Candid collection ...Read More

Categories: remembrance day, age, best friend, feelings,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Police Remembrance Day 2020

A breeze gently kisses my face As I stand silently in an empty place Words remembered drift across time Memories of them that were mine A sea of faces all looking down As a smile slowly and silently is so...Read More

Categories: remembrance day,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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