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Servicemen Poems - Poems about Servicemen

Premium Member MEMORIAL DAY 2025
... Memorial Day is the day we set aside to commemorate members of our United States Armed Forces who died in service to our country… not only for you and me….but so future generations can live free. ......

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Categories: servicemen, memorial day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Memory
...my father is no longer here but I still have memories like the letters from his high school buddies in the armed forces at the tail end of World War 2. these letters, thankfully, were saved by ......

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Categories: servicemen, father, memorial day,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Sailors' Souls
...Solitary seafarer sings sea chanties, salty sea breeze serenity, sea birds skim waves, suddenly, so many sailors' souls of the sunken WW II ship USS Indianapolis started singing sonorous, soari......

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Categories: servicemen, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member War Plans, What War Plans?
...O’ no, the Washington swamp media rails and the hypocrites are all telling tall tales. A war plan group chat on an unsecured app but how soon they forget Hillary’s emails! Fly boys w......

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Categories: servicemen, military, war,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Compassionate Scene Seen at the RNC
... We saw a side of Trump that too few people know For six hours, grieving parents he consoled of those killed leaving Afghan(istan) Trump restored their hope once again ......

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Categories: servicemen, appreciation, care, inspirational, leadership,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Half-Mast
...Old Glory’s at half-mast today. I wonder who just passed away? Was it a hero from some battles past? A dead leader whose influence lasts? Were servicemen killed overseas, Or humanitari......

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Categories: servicemen, america, children, grief, hate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What About These Two
...Two beauties were not quite flappers But Parisians, so almost that open Servicemen approached them cautiously Pulled up two chairs, flirted a bit. They humored them before sending them packing.......

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Categories: servicemen, french,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Remembrance 22
...As Remembrance approaches this year Many an adult will shed a tear 2022 and casualties still fall Servicemen struggling to stand tall We think it's all about two world wars In reality it is ab......

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Categories: servicemen, memorial day, remember, remembrance
Form: Free verse
Premium Member November 11, 2020
...The esteemed servicemen honored today, on this November 11, 2020, gave their lives for our sake -- We honor them by vowing we shall never forget duty to God, country, and compatriots. ......

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Categories: servicemen, military, veterans day,
Form: Nonet
Premium Member Born Dumb in the USA
...Verse 1 Born dumb in Corn Pop’s town, first kickback he took was a Ukraine shake down, end up like a creep that sniffs hair too much ‘til you lie your whole life just coverin’ up, now… Cho......

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Categories: servicemen, political, satire, song,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member My Thoughtful Neighbors Adore the 4th
...My neighbors have been celebrating 4th of July for a week. It has finally arrived today. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. I think these patriots take time to nap between 11 and 2 every day. They have......

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Categories: servicemen, july,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Thoughts On the War of Late
...“Where have all the flowers gone,” the poet wrote A metaphor for those lost in a cruel war of late Lives that were wrested from home and family And thrown into a milieu of humiliati......

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Categories: servicemen, how i feel, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 100 Years On
...One hundred years ago in 1921 The 15th of May a new charity begun Amalgamating  charities of which there were  4 The Royal British Legion set up to aid those from the great war. Earl Haig and T......

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Categories: servicemen, history, memorial, military, remembrance
Form: Free verse
Premium Member On the Run
...Words evade the inspiration of my muse My heart is too heavy, watching this atrocity Many people report that it will only get worse Servicemen killed with many people injured Photos of bloodied b......

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Categories: servicemen, america, angst, dark, sad,
Form: Free verse
I, Too, Sing America, and Did So In My Diapers
...I, Too, Sing America (and did so in my diapers!) by Michael R. Burch I, too, served my country, first as a tyke, then as a toddler, later as a rambunctious boy, growing up on military bases aro......

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Categories: servicemen, child, childhood, children, memorial,
Form: Free verse

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