Short Remembrance Day Poems

Short Remembrance Day Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Remembrance Day by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Remembrance Day by length and keyword.


Alone Morning

shining dawn 
sip on coffee cup 
you and me 
but a souvenir
lives with me this morn


-January 22, 2019 Chattogram
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The Dhikrs

Astagfirullahi 
 Alihamdulilahi 
 La illah 
Allahuma Solli alaa Muhammad 

I keep my tongue 
Moist with the Dhikr(s)

Premium Member NATIVITY a VERSE vignette

a maiden from Nazareth
fully human,never divine
in a stable did confine
brought forth a child-
human,Jesus,saviour..mine
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Remembrance Day

Poppy scarlet red 
Scars the grey November skies.
Memories bleed still.
Autumns orange craze subdued
By the brown bombarded earth
Form: Tanka

Premium Member September

a searing gash the world still lives through Sep.11~ as phoenix proudly rises from ashes, life resurrects.
Form: Tanka


The Day

Counting and counting
Time seems far
A new day
Greater way
Old forgotten scars
Looking forward
New beginnings
Old endings
The day.

Premium Member Sentry

Sentry sits alone,
Amid fallen heroes graves.
He was their symbol.

Quietly he sits.
It is fitting he keep watch,
For they gave their all.
© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

A Long Time Ago

Oh what a time.
I could spend on a dime.
Everything wine and cherry time.
Deep fellow of mine.
Oh it feels like a crime.
Here is Ten Dimes.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Remembrances

remembrances -
poppies swaying
against somber skies



Published in Haiku Canada Review #40 Vol.12 No.2 October 2018

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Haiku

A Visit

VISIT THE SICK
PRAYING FOR THEM
LORD HELP THEM TO MAKE IT
EACH AND EVERYDAY
SOME ARE IN PAIN
FORGOTTEN NAMES
KEEP THEM ALWAYS
HEAL THEM ALL, FROM PAINS.

Remembrance

Today we remember the fallen
on foreign fields that were trodden
     by armies at odds.
     Our wreaths laid on sods
will ensure they are never forgotten.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Remembrance Day

Remembrance day---
The sound of the last post
Echoes through time.

Silent lament
The touch of teardrops---
Remember them well.

© Harry J Horsman  2011
Form: Haiku

Premium Member At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

     Wreath laid on his tomb
       My voice cracks as
         tears stream down 

     Can I explain this to my son ~
       My tongue has almost drowned
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Red Poppy Grows

the red poppy grows

over our most grateful hearts...
  
    we shall not forget







for Deborah's Holiday Haiku contest
* Nov. 11th, Remembrance Day
Form: Haiku

Quietus, a Tanka

after the guns stop
flowers from love letters fall
soft on no man’s ground

no glory be found in this 
quietus of butterflies

© Gail Foster 11th November 2016
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Lost Wars Dedicated To Remembrance and Veterans Day

When on Remembrance Day
There is no one at the parade
The war is lost
Dead heroes’ died in vain

This shall be a countries shame


Note: Written for Remembrance Day Nov 11

Dearest Guest To Wait

At this very late night, 
Breaking sleep suddenly,
When someone sees 
An image in front, 
How can you term it-
An unsightly ghost to fear
Or the dearest guest to wait?

Premium Member Heartfelt farewell

Standing tall dressed in regalia
twenty-one gun salute detonates
a lump lodged deep in my throat
combination pride sorrow and so much more



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Booted Out

The young say that granddads have ruined their lives
They’re getting themselves in a strop
But can they explain why, when they want jack boots
They go to a fancy dress shop
Form: Rhyme

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
Form: Senryu

July the 4th, 2022

THIS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
ON THIS DAY, MANY MANY PRAYERS
ON THIS DAY OF JULY THE 4TH
WORDS TO SAY THIS DAY.

YEARS AND YEARS
SOME TEARS AND TEARS
JULY THE 4TH
THINGS WENT FORTH.

Oh My Home Town , Uvira

I always think of 
                       My home town whenever I
                      Braia fresh fish with friends. 
              
                               June 11th 2023
Form: Haiku

Premium Member A Sad Remembrance

I kiss her red honeyed lips
She allows the milk 
of my iniquity 
to wash over her
The pain of her sadness
washes away my cruelty
I leave my rifle at her feet


November 11, 2016

Premium Member EASTERTIDE day 1

EASTER TIDE
Christ becoming a man
His sinless life,He gave

Far and wide,these truths we forthtell
in our joyful hallel,
these songs of Easter praise now heard,
we proclaim the Gospel word.
Form: Didactic

Premium Member red poppies

red poppies
swaying in the wind
freedom bought and paid



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Submitted on October 16, 2025 for contest 1421 A NEW HAIKU sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 3RD
Form: Haiku

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