Short Veterans Day Poems
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My parents said their vows
on Veterans Day
Soldiers enlisting for marriage
A kinder war in a way
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.
To Thank Them For Their Service
Tiny flags flap as
sundial crosses
map eternity’s
passing
John G. Lawless
©11.10/2021
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
ready for the fourth
such loud angry fireworks
terrorizing dogs
pop pop bang bang bang
instilling ptsd
nightmare for soldiers
“We
don’t know
them all, but
we owe them all”
is a reference
to veterans.
I’m grateful
to each
one.
The flag flew above
That covered the angles below
Then the strips whithered
And the stars dimmed
Leaving empty coffins below
Shattered Limb
broken tree limbs
lie shattered on the ground
no longer useful
the one-armed veteran
looks on with understanding
Came across this old vet
From yesterdays gone.
His voice full of tears.
He sang for his flag,
And played for the boys
He once knew.
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
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
some victims of war
fill veterans' hospitals
lifetime suffering
seeking basic services
thank them for their services
written September 8, 2021
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
The lady is my number-one homie.
Our hearts beat as one all metronomey.
Falling in love was not a decision;
Our souls were destined for this collision.
My father, a WW2 vet
My mother too
On Veterans Day they first met
They got married on Vets Day too
~ I hope some day to fill their shoes
bluish-green needles
raindrops cling like ornaments
pre-Christmas season
red-white-blue Veteran’s Day line
and poet-pearls on cedar
11/11/2022
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
Brass handles, polished,
Purple satin, heavenly,
Perfect wedding suit,
National flag neatly draped.
I salute thee, soldier mine!
~ 25 May 2016~
They asked the old soldier to talk about his heroism…
explain that medal on his chest.
“It wasn’t that I was brave.” he said,
“just a little less frightened than the rest.”
SENATOR JOHN McCain
Senator John McCain
From Arizona
Veteran War hero
Presidential candidate
Went on home/rest in peace
9/3/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Some came home…
but never came back
Some came back…
but never came home
Caught between
forever
And what forever
—had disowned
(Vietnam Veterans Memorial: March, 2020)
Patriots
Are the people
That never
Resort to
Injustice, in the name
Of their country.
They are independent thinkers
Supporting diplomacy, not Malevolence.
November
I remember
No surrender
Faculty member
Since September
Thanksgiving dinner
Turkey dismember
Coming together
Dying ember
written November 2, 2021
mountains, fields, forest
stand witness to the blood cries
the song of freedom
11/11/2014
Veteran's Day
fireworks or gun fire?
If you suffer from PTSD does it matter?
Hurting their heart, and their dogs’ ears.
And yet, we love them in America.
Where vets are suffering every time, they hear them.