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Military Poems | Examples of Military Poetry

Military Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about the military. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for military.
Premium Member D-Day Plus 80
D-Day + 80 They came as boys but left as men. Their prayers cried, please not again!!! When war intrudes young lives transcend. Lives marching forth, as others end. With hate and vile come enemies, to kill and maim; atrocities. Can peace prevail when hatred boils? The soldier cares not...Read the rest...
Categories: military, remember, soldier,
Form: Rhyme



The stony wall of freedom
On the stony wall laid the handprints of heroes; Their bloody prints serving as a reminder of the past Their fight for freedom was a rocky journey With the air mixed with the scents of blood and...Read the rest...
Categories: military, change, courage, freedom, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Grounded by severe anxiety disorder
Grounded by severe anxiety disorder while the middle east desperately wants you to expose the yellow wires connected to your unborn child that wire is being monitored by the federal bureau of investigation watching your...Read the rest...
Categories: military, angel, blessing, identity, mental
Form: Free verse
O Battle Rage
Sing out loud like might beasts do comrades & me, in no retreat, of battles in past and others to be so no other cannon-fodder, of passion & quest, curry within, like tormented Reese, haunting memory’s...Read the rest...
Categories: military, 10th grade, conflict, courage,
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: military, appreciation, death, hero, memorial
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: military, america, beautiful, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Will Wait For You
I Will Wait For You Vs1. I've been searching this long, lonesome time To find the One who will forever be mine Even though we haven't met My heart is steady and my mind is set To our future love,...Read the rest...
Categories: military, death, devotion, family, longing,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member General George S Patton
High ranking General George S. Patton. His mission the enemy to flatten. To his troops he exclaimed without blinking, If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn’t thinking. ...Read the rest...
Categories: military,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member A honey baked life
Promised a honey baked life by Uncle Sam, a V.A. loan, and a mini-van. Three kids and a fenced yard. It should be attainable to those who worked so hard. They served, they sacrificed as mother's wept, came home to be...Read the rest...
Categories: america, military,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member SPECIAL AGENT GONE BAD
SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE I ALWAYS KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH ALAN I MEAN AFTER ALL HE WAS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR WANNABE MOBSTERS CIRO GARGANO WHO TRULY BELIEVED...Read the rest...
Categories: america, anxiety, military, thank
Form: Free verse
The Battle
Pikes held high, Flags fill the sky, Drummer boys sound the beat, Musket men are on their feet. White smoke swirls, ram down the ball really hard, Pour in the gunpowder to make the charge. Front rank kneel, back rank stand...Read the rest...
Categories: military, anxiety, death, depression, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CRISIS TEAM IDENTITY FRAUD AGAINST CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES
CRISIS TEAM: HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP AGENT BROWN: HELLO I'M AGENT BROWN IN DIRE NEED OF THE FBI HELP AFTER I CONTACTED THE FBI ABOUT THE ARSON MURDERER OF 9 CIRO GARGANO AND HIS...Read the rest...
Categories: america, analogy, anxiety, military,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Band of brothers diamante
Author Ste.phen ambrose Band...Read the rest...
Categories: military, character, film, inspirational, memorial
Form: Diamante
Premium Member FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS
CRISIS SESSION FBI HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION NON-REDACTED FBI: HELLO WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY AGENT BROWN: HELLO THIS IS AGANT BROWN AND THAT DARK PLACE IS RETURNING AGAIN I AM IN CRISIS AGAIN FBI: OKAY WE ARE HERE...Read the rest...
Categories: military, america, analogy, anxiety, mental
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Don't Underestimate
Don't you think blindly The rifle has its own eye To kill somebody....Read the rest...
Categories: confidence, fear, integrity, military,
Form: Haiku

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