Short Veterans Poems
Short Veterans Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Veterans by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Veterans by length and keyword.
Why Violence
Why Violence
The lack of
understanding...
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Categories:
america, confusion, heartbroken, international, soulmate, veterans day,
Form:
Free verse
Agent Orange
Ex-soldier
fights for breath
Agent Orange...
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Categories:
america, anger, veterans day,
Form:
Senryu
Veterans Day
old soldier
remembers fallen
veterans day...
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Categories:
america, angst, holiday, veterans day,
Form:
Haiku
War Games
shot across the bow
the enemy approaching
General Quarters...
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Categories:
veterans day,
Form:
Haiku
Veteran's Day
Remembrance of those
Served in the military
Special day for them...
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Categories:
america, history, military, november, patriotic, remember, veterans
Form:
Haiku
Brave Veterans
Brave Veterans
give freedom to run or smile;
How do I find the words?...
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Categories:
veterans, emotions, feelings, military,
Form:
Questionku
War
No dulcet it was
cries of peace amidst gunfire
shells and smoke lingered....
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Categories:
courage, death, poetry, veterans day, war,
Form:
Haiku
Paratrooper
Soldier
Paratrooper
integrity driven
adhering to creed and code
courage...
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Categories:
veterans, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Cinquain
Haiku 6
Feet in flowing stream...
Torn, wearily strolling by:
Yesterday's gallants....
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Categories:
international, veterans day, war,
Form:
Haiku
Ember
Each eleven November
We all should remember
Every service member
Who left a glowing ember...
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Categories:
veterans day,
Form:
Rhyme
White Crosses
Gravestones, white crosses
bone-chill breaths of old ghosts, stirs-
Dried, blood-red poppies....
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Categories:
memorial day, veterans day,
Form:
Haiku
Homeless veterans
If you gave your life for this country then there should be no reason anyone should be living on the streets...
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Categories:
veterans day,
Form:
Monoku
Veterans
They are young
They are in battle
They are bold
Where it is told
Where they hold tragedy
Till they're old!...
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Categories:
veterans, confusion, death, war
Form:
Free verse
Tommy Atkins
Look at Tommy go.
See Tommy fall,
row after row.
Cut down by Maxim guns.
Sacrificial victims for the Huns....
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Categories:
patriotic, remembrance day, tribute, veterans day, war,
Form:
Verse
A Kinder War
My parents said their vows
on Veterans Day
Soldiers enlisting for marriage
A kinder war in a way...
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Categories:
veterans, parents, soldier, war, wedding,
Form:
Rhyme
United Nations Plaza
Temperature dip
urban leaves turned
Autumn, sniffing around
for a place to settle
no Farmer's Market
in San Francisco today....
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Categories:
veterans, beauty, celebration, city, community, courage, culture, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
The Ballad of Mr No Legs
I got no legs
Ain't I pitiful
Wheel me around all day.
Boil me an egg
Pancakes, a griddle full
Then watch me worm away....
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Categories:
anger, angst, health, introspection, strength, veterans day,
Form:
Lyric
To Thank Them For Their Service
To Thank Them For Their Service
Tiny flags flap as
sundial crosses
map eternity’s
passing
John G. Lawless
©11.10/2021...
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Categories:
veterans day,
Form:
Free verse
11 Xi 11
Today some orphans get soppy
And shed a tear on a poppy
Though they never met
Their dad was a vet
And there was no carbon copy...
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Categories:
veterans day,
Form:
Limerick
Veterans Day, November 11
“We
don’t know
them all, but
we owe them all”
is a reference
to veterans.
I’m grateful
to each
one.
...
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Categories:
november, veterans day,
Form:
Ninette
Veterans/Soldiers
You do not know them
They could be rite next to you
They fought for freedom
Many have died for freedom
And many well become them...
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Categories:
veterans, dedication
Form:
Tanka
Parish the Thought
In Llanbadarn-y-garreg, mid-Wales
There lives a preponderance of males
But Saint Padarn's church
Would never besmirch
Recitation of old fairy tails...
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Categories:
humor, veterans day,
Form:
Limerick
Ciao Chow
Army cooks don't do anything wrong
By feeding a "Mad Killer" throng
& that's rather droll
Like a troll on the dole
Who freaks out on a Viet Cong dong...
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Categories:
culture, food, money, patriotic, veterans day, war,
Form:
Limerick
Victims of War
some victims of war
fill veterans' hospitals
lifetime suffering
seeking basic services
thank them for their services
written September 8, 2021...
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Categories:
veterans day, war,
Form:
Tanka
Purple Heart On Wall
purple heart on wall
coffin's flag furls in fall wind –
day to remember
*Entry for Deborah Guzzi’s Holiday Haiku contest in honor of Veterans Day...
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Categories:
veterans, holiday, war
Form:
Haiku