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Soldiers Poems - Poems about Soldiers

Soldiers Poems - Examples of all types of poems about soldiers to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for soldiers.
My Circle
...Give me your hand and I will take you across the land; give me your hand and I will take you where you want to go; give me your hand, so that you can fulfill your long awaited dreams. Give me your ha......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, america, beach, birth, blessing,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Jesting Jack, Jinxed Jill
...Jack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green; And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene. They did daily chores on a farm, in ......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, children, fairy, fantasy, farm,
Form: Couplet
The Picture in the Tree
...It has been sitting there for seventy long years, and nobody knew that it was there, it is just a simple tree erected in the backyard surround by an overgrown lawn, the owner is out of town and the g......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, business, deep, environment, flying,
Form: Narrative
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation
...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation... Maternal grandfather of mine long since passed among the living; He left his Motherland before onset of Holodomor, a policy of the Soviet Union......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Sad Time and an Awful War
...I was from a poor rural county in Iowa The kind that drafts young men during wars Back in the late sixties many of our men went to Viet Nam Some did not return, others returned damaged Patriots......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, war,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member With just a stone
...Goliath was a big threat to Israel A giant with intimidating records Of military prowess which turned Israelite soldiers To a bunch of faithless cowards And to an army of lily livered derelicts......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, anxiety, christian, courage, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I HOPE I HAVE BEEN WORTH IT
... My mom and dad fought in World War 2 They made it home…which is every soldiers aim I didn’t know them before their war but I imagine they didn’t come back the same. I had friends who were draf......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Stole From US
... In the twelth hour We're pursuing generational wealth From a generation who stole Everything from us The clock ticks closer to doom But we're no closer to finding our own reality When......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, america, anger, conflict, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Humanity Is No More
...Atomic bombs are dropped on babies Humanity is thrown out of the door Humanity is dead. Humanity is no more There are too many aggressive and demoniac atrocities Wars are heartless, bestial, peri......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, bullying, discrimination, fate, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Inspiration Is Soothing
...Inspiration is soothing. Like a breeze that lands it’s crisp wings on the perspiration on your skin. Like a deep breath after holding no air in your lungs too long. Like a long awaited cup o......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, art, creation, humanity, life,
Form: Free verse
Border-lie
...A border is a line drawn in the sand Constantly shifting if you have time to see A personality is a borderline ebbing Time ceaselessly flowing us away One side unreachable as the far sho......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, extended metaphor, planet, space,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME
...KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME The Unknown Soldier Rows and rows of snow white stones, no names upon their face. Thousands more who went to war and left no earthly trace.......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, death, grave, history, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fierce Andaree
...The silent moon veiled in seamless web darkness. Bejeweled in radiance starkness, Youthful valiant Prince Harkness. Lost in hush briefness. Charming, brave. Fierce. His, a fave. Diligence, bri......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Missy Miss Stares Down Army
...Giant tiger laid herself over the enormous hill. Staring down the tanks, guns and soldiers down there still. She knew on the other side of the hill was an elementary school. Tiger stood guard unti......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Whenever The Soldiers Go
...These thoughts will follow whenever the soldiers go... to be with them into the battlefield, reciting the shortest prayer to protect them as a shield in moments of uncertainty and fear! A hea......Read the rest...
Categories: soldiers, anxiety, courage, death, emotions,
Form: Narrative

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