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War Sacrifice Poems

These War Sacrifice poems are examples of Sacrifice poems about War. These are the best examples of Sacrifice War poems written by international poets.


Hoping an End
Woke up amidst the screaming cries, dared to stare through the window
Eyes couldn't believe a thousand corpses lying, hands couldn't recognize the skulls
The day before...

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Categories: sacrifice, abuse, america, community, cry,



Love Long March
In a land of battles fierce and grand,
I left my lover on our homeland,
With longing heart and hopeful sigh,
I marched away, my head held high.

But...

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Categories: sacrifice, endurance, feelings, first love,

Sacrifice
Freedom is never given away,
or bought with a few pieces of green.
It’s only earned through strife and struggle,
in those places most have never seen.

Freedom always...

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Categories: sacrifice, poetry,

Purple Heart: In Honor of My Father
I was a young man at the age of nineteen
When I was sent to a country on the other side of the world that I...

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Categories: sacrifice, courage, dad, dedication, father,

Premium Member Laid Upon Their Alters
"Laid Upon Their Alters" 

qhapaq hucha 
it begins at birth
the most precious 
resource of all

we are registered,
audited, one by one
under the rod measured
by lizard rule...

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Categories: sacrifice, humanity, muse, perspective,



Premium Member Sacrifice
We stand and wait
We face this fate so dire
We see the moon
Knowing our sun’s on fire

There’s no escape
We chose this end
They’ll get away
But let’s not...

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Categories: sacrifice, absence, care, daughter, identity,

A Diwali Night Without Lights
Diwali- yes, you are right!
That is a day when both of us didn’t fight,
We went to the nearby Dabbu's store to buy sweets and lights
And...

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Categories: sacrifice, brother, hindi, soldier,

Premium Member Jumping In Air
1942

She snapped her static line
onto the anchor cable
and listened for the sound of the engines throttling back.
One other before her had nodded 
and jumped into...

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Categories: sacrifice, freedom, life, war,

Premium Member For the Ultimate Sacrifice, Thank You
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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Categories: sacrifice, america, memorial day, memory,

When a Man Dies For Freedom
When a man dies for freedom,
we don’t know what we’ve lost,
since most of us can’t tell
the shining from the dross.
We live in the safety
these braver...

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Categories: sacrifice, america, courage, death, freedom,

The Maryland 400, Part Ii
...But with redcoats in the rear
they couldn’t persevere,
on narrows paths by a small creek
escape from their foes they did seek,
but who would guard the rear?
Stirling...

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Categories: sacrifice, america, courage, freedom, history,

The Maryland 400, Part I
The British had stumbled
in Boston the year last,
but came again for vengeance bold
to bleed freedom, damage untold,
with fire and with blast.
To New York their ships...

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Categories: sacrifice, america, courage, freedom, history,

Premium Member Aunt Nadine - Both Audio and Text
A VERY special lady...


“Hey, Mom,” I queried, “who’s the skinny lady in this picture with you and Dad, when really young, beside me in the...

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Categories: sacrifice, family, love,

The Soldier Story
The Soldier

The dust has now settled, but the cries are raging on
The battle has now settled, but the war is raging on

We are still standing...

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Categories: sacrifice, conflict, courage, dedication, devotion,

Premium Member Under the Cover
Under The Cover.
.
You can never ever
Tell a book by it’s cover
As I was later to discover
The Lady in the Nursing home
The old man across the...

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Categories: sacrifice, appreciation, caregiving, conflict,


Book: Shattered Sighs