Veterans Day Poems - Examples of all types of veterans day poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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He is deadHear them pray for the last time,
their leather boots no protection still.
Listen to the church bell chime.
Hear the men ordering to kill.
Turn off the radio.
Stop the birds sing.
Let her know what she already owe.
Let the...
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Categories:
veterans day, death, goodbye, hero, holocaust,
Form: Free verse
There goes my soulInspired by a storyline from a fierce TV show, "Ultimate Force". With thanks and respect to our Special Air Service (SAS) and all those who fight for our country. May we show gratitude for your...
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Categories:
veterans day, conflict, courage, death, in
Form: Free verse
The Artist
Who my favorite artist is, you ask me,
you will find his canvases in my archive.
The framed landscape of the auburn meadow,
the pathway draped by the sheath of amber leaves.
The wooden fence fading away in...
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Categories:
art, me, veterans day,
Form: Free verse
Spawn Variant: A Magic that Changes the World
Spawn Variant, with powers unheard,
With magic and strength, your every word.
Shadows and darkness, your timeless reign,
Variant shows a world that's not in vain.
With flick of wrist and flash of light,
Variant transforms the world in sight.
Changing...
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Categories:
veterans day, celebration, dream, fantasy, imagery,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Through life and deathThank you to all those brave souls who work in our armed forces. I am grateful for our freedom and liberty.
Through life and death
By Michelle Morris
04/04/2023
Let me go
It's time for me
It's my life
And...
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Categories:
veterans day, confidence, courage, death, hero,
Form: Free verse
The conversation when a partner is deployedThank you to everyone who is in service of our country. War is not something I'm a fan of but I do understand that we have to live in peace, but be prepared to be...
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Categories:
veterans day, conflict, endurance, tribute, veterans
Form: Free verse
Thank a VetToday, we celebrate the men and women
The men and women who have served our nation.
Served our nation to keep our freedoms intact
Keep our freedoms intact to express our thoughts
Express our thoughts...
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Categories:
veterans day, holiday, remembrance day, september,
Form: Rhyme
WARThe innocence of daughters plucked off their souls
Orphans spread wide, agony on streets
Scavenges merry on rotting heritage
Nation's sweat burning, humanity's creativity scattered in ashes
Men were not teary, nor deterred by their transience of life...
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Categories:
veterans day, appreciation, conflict, hope, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Memorial Day CeremonyDeath knell sounds over our village green
For all the veterans who eternally lie,
Whose presence will never again be seen
Because on foreign fields they had to die,
We continue to ask, “What does it mean?”
So young and...
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Categories:
memorial, memory, veterans day,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
Veterans DayThe Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel lit red, white, and blue
On the eleventh day of November, there’ll be a crowd.
All day local beaches have folks coming to pay respect,
today as they celebrate Veterans Day solemn...
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Categories:
veterans day,
Form: Villanelle
A God SendAs these words flow from thought, I must write them down and not let such a precious moment pass.
Never before have I written to the one I have yet to meet, a woman of warmth,...
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Categories:
veterans day, beauty, best friend, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Where Have All The Young Men GoneFor Veterans' Day, Nov. 11, 2022
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone to fight in foreign lands,
To make the world a better place
And place it in more peaceful hands.
Why did all the young men go?
To...
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Categories:
veterans day, thank you, tribute, veterans
Form: Verse
Voucher Line on Veterans Daybluish-green needles
raindrops cling like ornaments
pre-Christmas season
red-white-blue Veteran’s Day line
and poet-pearls on cedar
11/11/2022
...
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Categories:
veterans day, november, rain, tree, veterans
Form: Tanka
Veterans Dayold soldier
remembers fallen
veterans day...
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Categories:
veterans day, america, angst, holiday, veterans
Form: Haiku
Our Nation's PrideAs a Navy Veteran,
I salute you all.
Brave women and men,
That answered the call.
From Soldiers on the beach,
To Flyers in the air.
One lesson they would teach,
May our enemies beware.
The lands they'd defend,
The countless they'd save.
Till the...
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Categories:
veterans day, america, conflict, death, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
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