Veterans Day Poems | Examples of Veterans Day Poetry

I saw a one way ticket A trolley full of lauggage Checking in an apartment, not a hotel This visitor is here to stay I saw a sale agreement Not a stay receipt I saw a full smile Not a half-wit grin Embraced with both hands A bed in well made I see no plan for departure This visitor looks quite settled AI is here...

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NOVEMBER 2022 Rightly so, the poppies flood Early in the winter sky Merrily stood in field, and this Existence of mine has passed by Maybe they'd watch us contend But are authorities ever sober? Early now, in Winter's sky Realise how they owed her Unwillingly ignorant to the loss, they'll be Scorching their retinas, a veil of red...

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Army BRAT’S Always ‘Wanna’ Fly High The tradition necessitates that as a child born unto military parents Called by the beloved acronym Born Raised and Trained (BRAT’S) Be always on the spotlight as they augment and compliment The guys in uniform ever shifting from one place to another Military BRAT’S never quite settle born and raised as sojourners Born of a...

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whistles blare gun powder in the air lead pours overhead I can't wait to feel my bed I line up my rifle breathe and squeeze my orders are to strife I run empty so I freeze the quit nights are haunted this conflict was unwanted one more tally added; I can't mask it make sure they spell it right on my casket...

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Please tell me it’s not true In supporting the Red white and blue That not a lot of women are Honorable And barely any women are notable So to the far few and in between I hope your life will shine and glean Where we may not be many, but just a few Who go combat hatred people spew For...

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Duty calls from valleys deep and wide, Wide like hearts where brave resolve does bide. Bide the storms, through fire and endless rain, Rain of trials met with a calm refrain. Refrain from fear when darkness clouds the sky, Sky holds hope where eagles dare to fly. Fly with honor carved in steel and soul, Soul forged firm in sacrifice and role. Role...

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our heroes went to war also know what there fighting for, to give there life's to keep us safe to fight along to save human race. in our hearts we remember you know one knows what they really went through, to stand and fight and brother in arms, to pray to god as know its bad, remember the day...

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They do not march now, but they still stand-- shoulder to shoulder in quiet granite lines. Each flag breathes like a memory fluttering in the hush between heartbeats. They are not just names, not just dates-- they are echoes of last letters, mud-heavy boots, songs sung beneath a foreign sky. We walk between them, heads bowed, and feel the weight of freedom we never had to earn. This silence is not...

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The Stars and the Stripes, Is the blood that we shed. I pledge allegiance to the flag, Running through my head. The Home of the Brave, And the land of the free. Soldiers died to give their life, For you, and for me. The Stars and the Stripes, Is the blood that we shed. I’m proud to be...

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Respire Make of me a banished son To walk this world alone With heavy heart and heavy load The boulder and the stone Make of me a loyal friend A soldier at your side To be there when it matters most A brother all your life Make of me a mighty sword An instrument of death I was me but now he's gone And this is...

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Thank You For Your Service “Thank you for your service." How many times have I heard that. Do they know or understand? Do they really care? I fought at Bloody Antietam, Shiloh, Gettysburg and Franklin. Blue and gray, makes no difference. Casualties measured by the thousands. I fought at Belleau Woods and Meuse-Argonne. Mud filled trenches stinking with filth. Mustard gas stinging eyes, burning lungs. The war...

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Shattered Limb broken tree limbs lie shattered on the ground no longer useful the one-armed veteran looks on with understanding ...

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Tomb of the Unknown Twenty-one steps south down the black mat Turns and faces east toward the tomb for twenty-one seconds Turns and faces north, changes gun to outside shoulder and waits twenty-one seconds Marches twenty-one steps up the mat Turns and faces east for twenty-one seconds Turns and faces south, changes gun to outside shoulder and waits twenty-one seconds Twenty-one steps...

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Deus Volt I scream by my brother's side, a distinct bell rings measuring 39mm wide, high stepping over the deconstructed rubble, klashnikov volley is what's giving us trouble, our advancement through the city begins to slow, primary and secondary left with one mag to go, (clink) armor so tight it impedes the breathing, (clank) honor steps in like a sword unsheathing, (clink) clinking...

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Thank you for your faith in the country you so love that you’d offer up your life in a cataclysmic strife. Thank you for your courage, although you shook inside. You did all that was required, no matter what the price. The noise of guns and mortar convulsed the fetid air. You saw beloved comrades lie bleeding at your side. You suffered pain...

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