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Memorial Day Poems | Examples of Memorial Day Poetry

Memorial Day Poems - Examples of all types of memorial day poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for memorial day.
Premium Member Unknown Soldier's Role of Honor
"TO ALL, and to those whom may be among the numbers of 'The Unknown' that my belated brother Kimo [August 26, 1969] may have known," ... by The Poet (Lyrics attuned: "When the Roll Is Called...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, death, memorial day,
Form: Lyric



Calendrical Casino
Ten. Ten years, I've been scared, fearing the phone's ring. Twenty. Twenty years, I was, learning how goodbye really felt. Thirty. Thirty years, I reached, forty-four days ago. Forty. Forty, my brother was, for fifty-seven days. That's all he got... and that feels like all for me. I'm terrified,...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, death, grief, loss, memorial
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Memorial Day 5-27-2024
Memorial Day 5/27/2024 By: Miracle Man Today, Those who gave their all will be remembered, and also those who returned unlike they left. For all war’s, send many home dismembered, lives are systematically changed as if by theft. For the stench of...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, war,
Form: Quatrain
In Their Honor
On this day, I think of those who gave it all for a cause, answered the call to duty and service. I often wonder, what compels one to make such a profound sacrifice, how to quantify such bravery. Those of us,...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, memorial day, remembrance
Form: Free verse
Never Forget Always Remember
It's memorial day Don't forget it's not OK To think it's just a day for you To enjoy a BBQ And have an extra long weekend Forgetting lives lost who defend Your freedom and paid the price With their unselfish sacrifice Keep them...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, appreciation, death, hero, memorial
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member MEMORIAL DAY 2024
On this Memorial Day (as on all Memorial Days) as we pray for wars to forever cease… may we thank all those who died in war so that we may live in peace… ...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member THE GREATEST MEMORIAL
When I was a young boy I knew Memorial Day meant people came together to remember…to commemorate…to pray… but back then I did not understand the true meaning of the day. To young me it was just another...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day,
Form: Rhyme
WAR HERO
WAR HERO My hero never walked in a Memorial Day parade No doubt he was the bravest of the brave And that is what I call a hero No, what I meant he is my superhero His military pension...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, america, courage, depression, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Beautiful Bruised Brain
Igniting pain retrieving the chemical imbalance in my brain soft tissue itched my frontal lobe leaned over my forehead as my temporal lobe offered little comfort in cognitive skills my optic nerve damage piercing pain...Read the rest...
Categories: america, beautiful, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Stones, Eternal Echoes
In the hush of a May morning, I wander through the murmurs of a forgotten meadow, where time weaves through the tall grass, and the stones speak softly of the past. Old, weathered headstones, stoic and silent, etched with names...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Memorial Day 2024 origin of holiday
Memorial Day – 2024... origin of holiday Strong and brave men and women gave their level best crème de la crème strongest and bravest leaving grieving significant others with emotional agony within treasured chest o'er the redoubt the...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, absence, america, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Call To Country
Remember our freedoms, lest we forget The price of liberty and surrender. Tyranny cannot trample the people Lest our future succumb to infamy. Carried: our flag over our enemies Our land secure as soldiers we buried. Pray our allegiances will never...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, patriotic,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Thank A Soldier
I have often marveled at them, their courage and resolve. If they have questions, they don't ask. If they have doubts and fears, They don't show them. They don't listen to suggestions; They take orders and carry them out. They are the enlisted...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, soldier,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Memorial Day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ poppies for the fallen tears shed memorial day gratitude...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day,
Form: Monoku
Family Reunion
Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true This must entrust you knot the thread bear Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...Read the rest...
Categories: memorial day, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose

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