Vietnam War Poems - Poems about Vietnam War

January 27, 1973 I was sitting in the barracks yelling and screaming echoed through the halls sirens blaring, horns blowing, fireworks popping; the war was over ...

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For Those Thrust into War's Maw by Michael R. Burch This poem is dedicated to Harvey Stanbrough, an ex-marine who was nominated for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and has written passionately and eloquently about the horror and absurdity of war in “Lessons for a Barren Population.” No, I will never know what you saw or what you...

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BLOOD ON THE MOON WRITTEN BY JEFF R HILTON OCTOBER 2019 WOUNDED WARRIOR BROKEN WING CONSCIOUS OF EVERYTHING MOVE IN SILENCE OF NIGHT TRAVEL LIGHT THE HOURS BURN AWAY RIGHT INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY KEEP ON GOING OR DIG IN AND STAY HE LIVES EVERY DAY LIKE IT COULD BE HIS LAST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THERE'S THE PAST HARD TO LEAVE BEHIND YOU CAN...

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VietNam War – TET war 60’s Viet Nam youth quickly lost Greyscale TV’s final shock and awe Written April 28, 2019 Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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Seeing Ghosts I walk around the streets Of old Saigon Seeing sensing the undead The ghosts of the war That haunted life So many years ago So many people died For a war That never should have been fought For reasons that are still not clear A great tragedy unfolded In a land half away Around the world The ghosts smile at...

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Vietnam War Memorial Wall 58,318 Victory Into End The Names At Memorial Worshiping Americans Remembering Meaningful Everlasting Memory Of Real Individuals A Love Written All Lost Lives Contest Two: Your Best Poem that is trophy worthy Two Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin Dated Entered: 10/01/2019 I believe this poem is trophy worthy for the meaning behind it, a trophy is only a symbol, this is a true story that needs to be kept alive for the 58,318 lives who died...

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Troops confidently led to Ong Thanh Stream United States Companies B and D. Watched as air strikes troubled the VC team. Later found seventeen killed enemy. Silver Star presented to Welch that day. Captain Nguyen Van Lam set up ambush. First Platoon reported trees were a sway. A claymore mine exploded in a rush. US Military put a spin on it. Ong Thanh was...

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Over 50 years ago the draft almost took my brothers soul A Vietnam Battle that almost took his life On Sept 16th in the year of 1968 While out on patrol a sniper was lurking in a tree Pop was the sound that he heard that brought him to his knees An AK-47 was shot from high above and The...

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The daughter of a lucky Vietnam marine, his only child is my husband you see lucky because he made it out alive, aware of the alternative.. as he watched buddies die. Some days for hours I’d listen to stories many times in disbelief………… it wasn’t until he pulled out his pictures that he made a believer of me. Enemy fire, hell in...

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I finished high school four months prior to my 18th birthday. By this time, my country was heavily engaged in the Vietnam war. I was very much subject to being drafted into the service and sent thousands of miles away to a war zone. Often true, but it isn't always true that...

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The slickness of a blade pressing against a throat.... the cold steel meeting tender flesh blood drips and a body tumbles the taste.... the sight... the sound.... all quite euphoric..... Ripped clothes, smashed items, echo screams, and the raging fires that glow throughout the night The beauty.... the savagery.... the destruction all quite euphoric.......

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I Was Very Eager to Go with Him, My Most Trusted Friend. Even I Was a Bit Surprised At How Trusted He Was in the End. We Went out on Patrol Each Night. You Would Always See Us Together. I Couldn’t Tell You How Much I Loved Him, If I Could, I Would Sleep at His Feet Forever. Now, You May Think That...

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Gawd! I awoke this morning wondering what I'm doing in this miserable place! I thought the oath I took was to defend America's shores, not a foreign race! The French made a mess and ran, now, America has to straighten things out. It's a civil war and personally I don't give a damn what the politicians tout! The...

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The pro-Hanoi Vietcong many years ago In the 1950's Diem's government they'd overthrow All opposition was crushed killed or jailed These elected ones to their people they failed This Buddhist country so religious in belief Now politically torn apart, impending future grief In the early 1960's with the CIA in place Discussing with Vietnam's generals, Diem, assassinated in disgrace With the Vietcong army,...

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His daddy died from workin’, the boy dropped out of school, He should’ve hid out in college, that patriotic fool. His mama, she was weepin’ that day he raised his hand, He wrote her almost ev’ry week from a Southeast Asian land. He led his men in battle, he risked his ass each day, He hit the dirt but not...

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