Best Veteran Poems

I sat beneath a Veteran-oak,
In awe of His strength—
Here was a solid spirit!
Sympathy you get from Willow,
But stiff upper-lip from old soldiers,
With forged bark —
His limbs flexed, cut, rippled against the wind…
No chinks in this warrior-wood…
“Divide and Conquer!”

Then I thought of my Father—
A cook at...

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Thank you for your faith
In the country you so love
That you’d offer up your life
In a cataclysmic strife.
Thank you for your courage
Although you shook inside.
You did all that was needed
No matter what the price.
The noise of guns and mortar
Convulsed the fetid air
You saw beloved comrades
Lie...

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Recently I watched a program on the Vietnam war
And I realized even more what these soldiers stood for
They were living in trenches that they called home
Sometimes being alone, and just thinking about the unknown
They were always under constant attack
But they always knew the other soldiers...

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Our Broken Wings 
Held in Our Hearts of Gold  
And I am  Torn Too
To Shreds
Our feathers shed,
Clawed by The Cat of all Predators
My heartless heart 
And I Kneel weary  before Our Rising Sun
Bathed once more 
In the Glory
Of coming  home......

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Today is the day we honor,
the noble and the brave,
the men and woman who dedicated their lives,
and the sacrifices that they have made.
When America had an urgent need,
they were the first to raise their hand,
without thinking twice about it,
they were proud to take a stand.
Some...

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What is a Veteran?
A veteran is a man ,or woman that has been to war
and fought for our Country and our freedom. 
A Veteran is sometimes an unsung hero. One that
we never hear about and sometimes He, or she 
is just forgotten.

Today I want to...

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The Veteran and the young soldier

I have seen war inside out.
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Prayer for a Homeless Veteran
By Bob Corson

From the mountains in Afghanistan to the shores of Normandy
Brave American men and women risked their lives for you and me
God bless our veterans, brave bold and free
Stand behind them and praise them
They have fought to protect our liberty
They...

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I am what others didn't want to know
I went where others feared to go.
My training in violence was nothing new,
But I did well what they were afraid to do. 

I don't hate those who refused to go
I did it for my country, not for show.
An...

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Thank you for your service,
For your time in green or blue.
For all the times you suffered,
For all you had to do. 

Thank you for your service,
For the injuries and wounds you bore.
For lost time with friends and family,
For going off to war.

Thank you for your...

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You fought as bravely as the others.
When you were wounded, yes you bled.
You loved each other as if brothers
And those who died were truly dead.
It was a quite unpopular war. 
Our country's leaders were to blame.
It should not have been you soldiers who
Came home to...

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I Am a Veteran
By Franklin Price
11/3/2015

I am a veteran growing old
Always went where I was told
Followed orders to the “T”
Volunteered that was just me

Basic training taught a lot
Learned to march to take a shot
Make a bunk exactly right
Pulled KP into the night

Torn down to be...

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There have been times in our land
When our nation has had to take a stand.

It first began at Bunker's Hill
Where so many men were then killed.

All through that war with the British King
Men here in America were fighting and dying.

They were the first "Veterans" of...

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White stars, red and white stripes.
	Blue for loyalty.
Waving in the wind, instilling pride.
	Reminding us of pledge.
		Apple pie, Chevrolet, John Wayne.

Viet Nam, Gulf War, 
	Freedom of speech, freedom riders,
                 ...

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For decades I waited 
and you did not come 
to listen to my rude insertion 
finger a sound at the back of 
my throat and the vibration 
of my name

For decades I wanted to 
meet a small mountain as
I read her plain words in 
innocence
bells...

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