Memorial Day Poems

Poems for Memorial Day

Memorial Day has come to mean the beginning of summer, a time for picnics and barbecues, and a holiday to gather around the family. That happiness and freedom, however, is a product of the real cause for the holiday: the sacrifice made by men and women who have fought and died for the freedoms and liberties Americans hold dear. Memorial Day is a time to remember that the American way of life is not cheap but rather has been purchased by the lives and blood of so many who have sacrificed for us to live free and happily now.

Patriotic Poems for Memorial Day

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A Mother's Tear
- By Amy Peterson
- Published: June 2014
Poem About How War Changes Someone

There's more to the story,
than what just appears.
A war written story,
from blood and from tears.

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Definitely it has touched my heart. Not mine, but on each reader's minds, this poem has created a very emotional ache. It is about freedom, fight, love and pain. And this poem describes...

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We Honor You Today
- By Susan R. Smith
- Published: May 2017
To all of our veterans
Far and near.
We thank you for your service
For all those years.

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Remember
- By Victor C. Kleinschmit
- Published: May 2016
Remembering Fallen Soldiers

Someone's child, left long ago,
A strange land,
Someone's foe.

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But You Didn't
- By Merrill Glass
Analysis of Form and Technique

Remember the time you lent me your car and I dented it?
I thought you'd kill me...
But you didn't.

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The expecting of a loved one to come home, to come out of their bedroom, to come and have coffee with you, to call you, to text you, to walk in the forest with you like all the other times,...

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Field Of Poppies
- By Isabelle Hammersley
- Published: May 21, 2020
A Tribute To Those Who Fought And Died

Row upon row the poppies grow,
Each one a symbol to brave men we will never know.

They stood before us, they stood up straight,

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I Came To Visit You Today
- By Shauna Ruud
- Published: May 2018
Paying Tribute On Memorial Day

I came to visit you today
To place this flag next to your grave.
The sacrifices you have made
Will forever be indebted this day.

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To Them We Owe
- By Don Nielsen
- Published: June 2014
Poem For Remembrance Day About Sacrifice Of Soldiers

Happened today, and in the past;
Sacrifice made, for ours to last.

Wives to widows, families torn;

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Somewhere Out There
- By Dr. Bill McDonald
- Published: June 2014
Poem About Those Fighting For Freedom

Picture

Somewhere out there today,
In a land far, far away,
A soldier rides patrol,
Knowing not what may unfold.

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I just wanted to say that this poem definitely fits the occasion! May we never forget the past or the fallen, yet learn from them instead!
Memorial Day Poem
- By Everett C. Goodwin
- Published: May 18, 2021
Our Fallen Soldiers

I went to the grave of a fallen soldier
we will never know of medals he was the holder

Fighting in air on land and sea

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Remember Them
- By Megan L. Sprigg
- Published: May 2017
Remembrance Day

We will remember them,
The ones who stood tall,
Who fought for their country,
The ones who were willing to fall.

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