Short Vietnam Poems

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


Rice Terraces

Mu Cang Chai's rice terraces in Northern Vietnam.

a stunning beauty,
a breathtaking masterpiece
so nice rice terraces
Form: Haibun


Premium Member Words To a Viet Nam Vet

viet nam is happening
his leg is gone
i am sorry i say
and thank you
for your sacrifice
it is not enough
but it is all i have
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Premium Member Fathers's day

I thank my father
for his service in the Corp and
respect him fully

he sacrificed 
coming home no warm welcome
Vietnam Marine
Form: Senryu

Vietnam Reflections 42

vietnam reflections 42

the enemy has breached the gate
no longer must you wait
to know him
he has been inside you all this time
© Ej Sansam  Create an image from this poem.
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Premium Member Iron Man Can Do

Comic strip creature an Iron man
a super hero  in Vietnam began
Fighting for good against evil
promoting 'issues' & giving a thrill
Form: Clerihew


A Quiet American

Hear…
before speaking the words
unwritten

Speak…
after writing the words
unheard

(Hotel Majestic Saigon, Vietnam: January, 2014)

-

i work with a man
                                 from vietnam whose name is
                                       Coo. Hi Coo's haiku
Form: Haiku

Shadows

Shadows
Silent footsteps
Silhouetted streams flow
Ghosts of canopy stalk movements
Death's pall


(Vietnam: Search & Destroy mission)
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Form: Cinquain

Premium Member Soldier's Past

she holds old photos
saved of husband's other life
while in the navy
Vietnam fifteen-year tour
never looked back with regret


5/31/2021
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Doesn'T Believe His Worth

swathe in red, white, blue
white rose buds, baby's breath quilt
soldier's coffin
old Vietnam veteran
recalls others the heroes


5/31/2021
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Noel Was a Friend of Mine

A  very famous man named Noel
came from outer space i know well
an extra powerful man
after fought in Vietnam
built a famous tower named Babel
Form: Limerick

Carefree Summer Night

carefree summer night
recalling the fireworks fuse…
Déjà vu to Vietnam

For the fireworks haiku contest and dedicated to all vets who suffer from PTSD.
Form: Haiku

Vietnam.

Vietnam. 
Six months is a long time,
six months here is a lifetime.
How i want to go home.
America may own my ass
but Charlie definitely owns the night.
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Form:

Losing the Battle

Torned to a millions pieces many times,
Like a soldier in Vietnam fought with toes and nails,
Now my soul have retreated,
My fighting spirit have withered
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Wayne

Ten miles in awful shoes 
Any worse than Vietnam? 
You scare me 
I hear through you 
How close you must be now 
Ten miles a day in awful shoes 
I could be you

Sin

Was it worth it fecking Sinjin Hawke
When you could’ve been with Stringfellow?
But the lure of drugs in the Golden triangle
So much better and a guy with an edge

Hippie No More

hippie movement
wasn't government
authorities were shoved
replaced by being loved
Vietnam Kent State
started all the hate
those days are long gone
my long hair days done
Form: Couplet

Premium Member 68

Guns, or
Bobby covered in Rosey Greer, or 
Monterey Pop,
Or I'm one years old, 
The Chicago 7, or
DNC, PR
Vietnam, or
The Man on Moon in Motion.
The Alarm sang 68 Guns.
Form: Blitz

Premium Member Worlds Smallest Ungulate Spotted

most wanted lost list — shy silver-backed chevrotain this little mouse-deer imagined in Vietnam ungulate with hooves and fangs 11/13/2019
Form: Tanka

Vietnam

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)
Form: Rhyme

Shizer

i cannot rest i cannot dream until my thoughts, they softly seem to drift on over drift away to dreamy landing and you sway. you whirling durvish of vietnam my silver bullet written on.
© Sara K.  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Vietnam War- Tet

VietNam War – TET

war
60’s
Viet Nam
youth quickly lost
Greyscale TV’s final shock and awe

Written April 28, 2019
Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
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Form: Tetractys

Starless Nights

Abandonment is
Vietnam veterans 
greeting card.

A door stepped baby.

Windowless 
city structures 
after resident's 
suburbanized.

And me 
a Christmas tree
after you undecorate.

Spine Poetry Movies and Songs

SPINE: MOVIE AND SONG

Bridge on the River Kwai
Madison bridges,
war and peace...

red hell,
green, grass of home,
love and hate...

good morning vietnam
Saigon bride,
a time for us...!

Premium Member January 1973

January 27, 1973
I was sitting in the barracks yelling and screaming echoed through the halls sirens blaring, horns blowing, fireworks popping; the war was over
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