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Soldier War Poems

These Soldier War poems are examples of War poems about Soldier. These are the best examples of War Soldier poems written by international poets.

Premium Member Unknown Soldier
The call of assembly long overdue 
Named the forgotten from ages thru
from countless wars of eras ascended
Pain still fresh, wounds never mended
The screams before the...

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Categories: death, soldier, war,

Father In Law War Operations
Unescorted NYC HMT NY 660 Louis Pasteur started out from 
New York  Harbor Nov. 30, 1944. 

Landed in Liverpool, England Dec. 8th, 1944. Arrived...

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Categories: war, allegory, analogy,
Premium Member A Knock at his Door
a knock at his door
  signal of war
he knows no more

arrive at the line
  cigarette kills the time
silence jars his mind

bullets float past...

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Categories: courage, red, soldier, war,
The Stillborn Love
Pain abates. A silent love zigzags
through his bullet wound. He is an 

Indian mercenary fighting for the 
Allies. He was born with a rusted 

iron...

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Categories: war,
Still on Patrol
Can you hear the whispers
brought on by the wind storming?
Carried true by the harpers,
the tale the howls are forming?

Came a knock at the farmer's door,
a...

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Categories: war, allegory, death, fantasy, military,

Premium Member Back To Her
After the Sunday service, searching back to her
For a date. He will soon be walking back to her.

Bottle rockets popping over the Sacre Coeur.
She suddenly...

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Categories: war, children, conflict, french, retirement,
Premium Member SHADOW


It was a glorious summers day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...

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Categories: dog, memory, soldier, war,
Premium Member Letters To The Lady
Troop ships loading, crowded docks
Mums and sisters waving off
Go with keepsakes, golden locks
Some men hug while many doff

Eric, soldier single stands
Beryl, lonesome widow cares
Many kissing...

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Categories: mother son, war, world
Premium Member Black Prism
Idyllic color photographs of my family,
my mother's golden beehive elegantly
arranged on her head,
I was a kid in the shredded, bleeding 60's,
black and white newspaper photos,
newsreels...

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Categories: war, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Survivors
In my life I’ve known bold men
that laid down their souls
We sing songs of their virtues
through lyrics and prose

But no one sings the praises
of wives...

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Categories: death, war,
A Soldier's Destiny
Nothing marks the day he left this world
no pomp, no glory, no flags unfurled
no marching parade to fill the streets
no tears to run down crimson...

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Categories: death, war,
The Boy at Ticonderoga, Part I
Duncan was a young British soldier,
new recruit at fifteen years of age,
a good lad who followed his orders,
he was a fifer who liked to play,
his...

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Categories: war, america, conflict, confusion, death,
Premium Member A Moment Too Late
Come hell or high water the line he marched toward
To head off the charge that the foe would make
He chastened himself, urged his tired feet...

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Categories: death, soldier, war,
Of Wars and Friendship
The bombs explode and the missiles fly past.
Fiery clouds of smoke thicken all around.
Yet with these moments, though they were my last,
I would contemplate something...

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Categories: war, anger, angst, brother, death,
Premium Member Paul's Last Letter -- BOTH Audio and Text

“Dear Mom,” was how it started, like so many I’d received from Paul while he was stationed in Iraq. 
But this one was the letter...

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Categories: military, war,