Veterans Day Poems | Examples of Veterans Day Poetry

To the War Veterans

Sirs, my hands are aloft in greetings
I salute you
My legs are together in attention
I hail you
My hat is off my head
I revere you
I thank you with the two greatest things I have:
My heart and my soul
Like the aggressor who lacked the edge to wear you down,
I lack the words to say thank you.
My heart and

A ONE-WAY TICKET

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

Armistice

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

Army BRATS Always Wanna Fly High

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

The Young

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

WOMEN VETERAN

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

In Duty's Name - A Linking Pin Sonnet for Memorial Day

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

our heros went to war

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

The Rows Remember

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

1776

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

Respire

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

Thank You For Your Service

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

Shattered Limb

Shattered Limb

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

Tomb of the Unknown

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

Honorable Death

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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