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Nostalgia Veterans Day Poems

These Nostalgia Veterans Day poems are examples of Veterans Day poems about Nostalgia. These are the best examples of Veterans Day Nostalgia poems written by international poets.


Defiant
My flag is not black n white with a blue streak 
My flag is not a field of white stars n scars of machine guns
My...

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Categories: veterans day, allegory, allusion, america, anger,



Premium Member Death Was An Awakening
Yes death was an awakening 
We did not realize we carried it with us
Until our smiles were wiped clean
And the laughter had stopped

It did not...

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Categories: veterans day, war,

He Played For Hours
As a child he played with an Erector set.
Career choice, military cadet.
Mom tried with all her powers.
"Come home. Build towers."
On the phone,
Hours.
At gravestone,
Tears like rain...

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Categories: veterans day, death, military, nostalgia, veterans

Farewell
Genteel and articulate, 
An inspiration you have been. 
Loyalty and Passion
In you, we have seen. 

Rising through ranks, 
Sweat blood all this while. 
Making your...

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Categories: veterans day, farewell, goodbye, mentor, miss

Memories of a Green Beret
Memories of a Green Beret

“Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time passing,
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long long time ago,
Where have all the...

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Categories: history, nostalgia, veterans day,



The Nameless - For South Africans of All Colours Who Fought For Freedom
The Nameless


Slipping through the sieve of history,

the nameless rest.

Not for the nameless are roads renamed, nor monuments built.

Not for the nameless are songs sung, nor...

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Categories: veterans day, black african american, dad,

Whistle
Running, after more than you, can hold.
Taking, someone else’s love, and leaving.
Children are fearful of what they’re told.

Can’t you see I’m the one who’s freezing?
I...

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Categories: veterans day, death, family, goodbye, grief,


Book: Reflection on the Important Things