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Short Veterans Day Poems

Short Veterans Day Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Veterans Day by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Veterans Day 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
Ancient Warrior
Ancient Warrior
struggles to breathe
in vain...

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Categories: age, veterans day,
Form: Senryu
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: veterans day, america, history, military, november, patriotic, remember, veterans
Form: Haiku
Haiku 6
Feet in flowing stream...
Torn, wearily strolling by:
Yesterday's gallants....

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Categories: international, veterans day, war,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Paratrooper
Soldier
Paratrooper
integrity driven
adhering to creed and code
courage...

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Categories: veterans day, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Cinquain
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
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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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 day, 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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© Jen Franks  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: veterans day, beauty, celebration, city, community, courage, culture, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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 Day
The flag flew above
That covered the angles below

Then the strips whithered 
And the stars dimmed

Leaving empty coffins below...

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© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: veterans day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Playing For Dimes
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.
...

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Categories: lonely, music, veterans day,
Form: Free verse
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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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 day, holiday, war
Form: Haiku

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