by David Palmer |
Categories:
memorial day, remembrance day,
Upon my life, I do declare, my dear,
My Darling, Elizabeth, that I do
Love you from the depths of my soul to the
Greatest reach of my fingertips, from where
My boots tread, to the lengths my heart can reach.
My most Precious One, my heart sank like stone
Descending lost in murkiest shadows
With each tear coursing down your lovely cheeks.
I would never volitionally choose
To leave your side, for intertwin’d our souls
Remain. The Enemy charg’d, our line held,
Yet I took shrapnel in my chest. Still my
Fondest desire is to see your face
And kiss away your deep clouds of sorrow.
by Sarita Milliner |
Categories:
appreciation, celebration, dedication, freedom, hero, how i feel
Memorial Day Tribute
Memories of the Men and Women, who served,
Emotional tributes so well deserved.
Moments of solitude with thoughts preserved,
Outpours of love so vividly observed.
Revolutions of dangers you so bravely swerved,
Inhibitions and fears suppressed and reserved.
Always ready to protect, even the undeserved,
Loyal to a fault, with energy conserved.
Dedication and valor are the pins you ware,
Attributes of service, loyalty beyond compare.
Your selfless acts of duty, always remembered through prayer!
Written By: Sarita A. Milliner © 5/30/16
by Mazhar Butt |
Categories:
anniversary, death, life, love, memorial day, philosophy
Life and death
Are mysterious things
You love a living one
in your Heart,
By your heart
You also love a dead one
But in your Mind, in your memory
When your beloved is no more
When she is dead
Your love shifts places
From Heart to Mind
You want her corpse to be removed
as soon as possible
and buried, burnt in fire
Or left to the vultures
depending on what last ceremonial plan
you believed in
and chose to perform
Living ones are loved
Dead ones too
but death is so scary
that whenever someone dies
one tries to get rid of him atonce!
by Jessie Conner |
Categories:
absence, inspiration, memorial day,
to remember is
never to forget
it's a day of love
and quite a bit
Focus on the fallen
and hear them
calling out
to speak their stories
out loud
the people who
fought to keep us alive
every day we
know they tried
some succeed
some failed
we remember them all
to all we hail
hail our love
and heart's to all
to those who fly and
those who fall
by Christopher Bunton |
Categories:
memorial day,
Solemn Rows Of Ivory Stone,
Etched In Blood Of Those Gone Home,
To Be With Him.
Never Ending Flow Of Love,
From The Place That Is Above,
Reminds Us Of Them.
by Dorian Petersen Potter |
Categories:
love, memorial day, usa,
~Lighting A Candle~
(Word / Sentence Acrostic )
LIGHTING a candle for all those who have died
A most thoughtful and kindly request done, since lighting a
CANDLE is the least, we can do,
FOR those who have sacrificed their life and all, so
THOSE of us can live in a better place.Let’s remember those fallen heroes
WHO have died in all the wars, who,
HAVE fought so bravely in the name of love, peace & freedom and
DIED.Let's never forget it and so let's pray for World peace.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2005
May.30.2016
~Author's Notes:
My very humbled tribute to all the fallen war heroes.
by Tom Valles |
Categories:
blessing, christian, love, memorial day, mom, mother
Who first gave to us the gift
Of how to love each other?
Was it not from infancy,
We gleaned it from our mother?
Who first gave the loving touch
Of tenderness and care?
Was it not a daily gift
Of mother being there?
Who first kissed us on the cheek,
Who studied every trait?
Who would work and toil for us
And who would always “wait.”
Who would stop to listen
And who would kneel to pray?
Who would show the Savior’s love
Day, by day, by day?
From birth until the grave
We forever gain so much,
By laying hold of mother’s love
Like she laid hold of us.
by Liam Mcdaid |
Categories:
angel, brother, death, love, memorial day, miss you
Dearest brother in Heaven
I pray for you always
especially this time of year
as you are so very sadly missed
In everything we say and do
you live forever
inside peal drops
In a part of our heart's
held very precious dear bro
Every prayer
wishing you happiness
filled with joy dancing
with the angels
My brother drowned this night pulls heavy in sadness Halloween night whilst on holidays with his children in Majorca a sad family time of year
by Trevor Mcleod |
Categories:
appreciation, beauty, bereavement, blessing, love, memorial day
The rainbow was a token in the sky
to monitory value claiming none.
A beauty radiating through the sky
with colors raying light unto the sun.
A rainbow for the feelings in our heart.
Where hesitation's telling us to wait.
Our breath held back in aww of what's to come.
And time been stopped to gather up our fate.
The moment time has gone and changed forever.
And promised there'll be better days ahead.
The rainbow calling all of us to whisper:
there'll never be a better place instead.
by Rizwana Bhurani |
Categories:
emotions, memorial day,
"Somewhere over the rainbow we'll play", is baby Ella's clarion call,
Doting Aunt agrees and starts with La Ti Do Re Mi Fa Sol,
Tiny fingers move, full of questions, curiosity, in her wonderland small ,
Busy get the twosome, a session filled with love and music all,
Magnum opus of the duette is soon due to enthrall.
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by Kurtis Scott Aka Curtis Futch Jr |
Categories:
adventure, memorial day,
they ring they sing
some ping
the reason
its love season
to share and to care
and the sick to get well
HEAR THE BELLS
by Davina Browne |
Categories:
blessing, family, fantasy, memorial day,
say it loud,
to the sky’s,
say it proud,
to the clouds,
say you no longer,
want this pain,
sing it loud,
to the clouds,
scream it high,
bring down the sky,
pray heaven lands safe on the earth,
just for a day or maybe a while,
we can see our love one's and smile,
just like visiting hours,
they fly by and all too soon,
you will have to say goodbye
by Nilofar Shaikh |
Categories:
cute love, first love, how i feel, memorial day, remember, romance
Just as usual so many times I wrote today's date,
On the board, my diary, books, papers etc,
Wherever it's important to state,
I had completely forgotten about it off late,
There was nothing for which I was to wait,
Yet my mind started thinking at a faster rate...
What was so significant ? What was so great?
I got my answer straight,
Before the sun could set,
And I just smiled.... Hey it was 8 ...
A special day written in bold on my heart's slate,
It was when not just our eyes but our lips also met,
I am glad it is a part of my fate,
I wished to share the same feelings with you ,
My darling My soulmate....
by Tom Valles |
Categories:
dedication, devotion, freedom, independence day, memorial day, military
The U.S. has a heritage
Born of might and blood.
I will not disinherit it
For wrongs some fools have done.
I will stand with hand on heart,
For those who fought for me.
I rise devoted as a part
Of a nation proud and free.
Our privilege was paid in full,
So high a cost was tendered.
Some knew crimson-dampened wool;
Others, shrapnel-shredded members.
There is no greater love or act
Than to die for the gain of others.
To leave a home, to defend a pact
Or give all for country and brothers.
So I stand with a broken salute.
I do not sit or kneel.
I weep and tremble, the pain acute
For so many died for me.
by Patrice Trice Jackson |
Categories:
blessing, for her, for him, memorial day, men, soulmate
mail your king your heart with love
manage your union with integrity, honestly,
and grace
march to beat of his drum; his ego that is at ease
marry with faith he’ll lead you to righteousness
men are the head in open the path to
marvelousness, metapsychology, money, muscle.
by Deepak Devkar |
Categories:
lost love, memorial day,
In the dark moon evening,
Your memories had come.
To show that everything
Which we had done.
I was thingking then,
Which songs would have to listen.
I was remembering then,
The gifts which I had given .
Then I remembered our third meeting .
The blue-colored dress you had worn ,
Which resembled deep your eyes crying
Near the fully grown field of corn.
Your eyes were showing the regret ,
That you were trying me to forget .
by Andy Sprouse |
Categories:
death, friendship, life, love, memorial, memorial day
The tears you shed for a fallen brother,
in grief, in pain, and in memoriam -
the look in the eyes of his mother.
The light revealed through a smile and a glance,
through words of strength, support, and succor -
the friends found through fate and chance.
The memories, unbidden, of times happy and times hard,
of times of cheer, of challenge, and of change -
the times ahead, yet unsung by your inner bard.
The bits of living that make you sing,
not always with voice, with words, and rhythm -
the events that resonate, to which we cling.
The tears you shed for a fallen brother,
in grief, in pain, and in memoriam -
the ache you would never wish on another.
by Holly Bohto |
Categories:
courage, farewell, , memorial,
Packing up your things today
No way that you can stay
Your time to fly away
Keep your demons at bay
Not making any headway
Tired of you in replay
Cashing in your sick pay
No more a fiancé
Fifty shades of your grey
This is my power play
Live with love a better way
This memorial day
Our independence May
by Matthew Mueller |
Categories:
holiday, memorial day, military,
The list gets longer year after year
Of the names we hold so dear.
On this day we long to mourn,
As we celebrate the lives of those
With names we hold so dear.
We channel them in times of need
Whether it's love, happiness, or fear,
Those with names we hold so dear.
To this day, your sacrifice is clear
That you died for those so near.
So let's shift gears and raise our beer
"To those with names we hold so dear!"
by Keith Peterson |
Categories:
america, beach, celebration, holiday, memorial day,
Hot Dogs, beer
and long warm nights
Indigestion, too much booze
Lead to front yard fights
Days at the river
Lying on the beach
Sand everywhere
Places I can't reach
Camping or hiking
Walking or biking
All that exercise
Is not to my liking
Sun high in the sky
Early sunrise
I can't get any sleep
These things I despise
Wait, we get Monday off
Is that what you say?
I've changed my mind
I love Memorial Day
by Katherine Stella |
Categories:
education, family, history, imagination, inspirational, parody
prisoner of war
captive combat soldier -
longing for rescue
Tribute To
P.O.W / M.I.A.
You Are Not Forgotten
Bring Em Home
Never Give Up Searching
Happy Memorial Day
Love Kathy And Jenny
by Ian Munywe |
Categories:
africa, hero, life, memorial, memorial day, memory
TUFF GONG-IAN MUNYWE
FEB 06 1945-MAY 11 1981
PART 2
So we bring ‘Kaya’ now,
is this love?
Get up stand up,
could you be loved.
Liberation in Zimbabwe,
we are yet to see this.
This bad card,
can easily yield war.
Because these ‘crazy baldheads’,
are still running amok.
So we best plot our exodus,
assured by the three little birds.
Iron lion zion,
one drop one drop.
The deputy ran for dear life,
when you shot the sheri .
Hence tonight we`ll be burning
and looting,
in search of a redemption song.
And so ‘Tu Gong’ ,
stir it up.
No woman no cry,
no longer waiting in vain.
It is indeed a natural mystic,
forever loving Jah.
by Shirley Hudson |
Categories:
america, beautiful, death, dedication, love,
On this day we remember,
Those who have fallen.
The men and women who left,
Home to fight the fight, walk the walk
And signed the blank check.
We dedicate ourself and our life to,
This country that we call home.
If we do fall just know that we,
Did it for Duty, Honor, Country.
We stand for the flag and,
Kneel for the fallen.
Memorial Day is for the fallen.
Veterans Day is for those who serve,
Or have served.
Don't thank us on Memorial Day.
We didn't sign the check.
We didn't give our life so others may live
We kneel for the fallen.
We mourn for the fallen.
We still fight for the fallen.
by The Eminent Mgk |
Categories:
america, emotions, humanity, memorial day, voice,
Forcibly taken lives
for a vicious motive.
Shock, terror —blood and tears.
Rest the souls in peace,
pity those who had lost
and solace to alike around.
Fear not my brothers, sisters and friends;
stand up and fight for who you are—
until the Love win over Hatred.
by Andrea Dietrich |
Categories:
war,
For soldiers who died in the service of
my nation, there was made a holiday -
a time to show them remembrance and love
strewing flowers on graves beneath which lay
corpses gone to bone but not forgotten.
It started after a most horrid war -
honoring the souls of those who’d gotten
killed in the Civil War, and then came more:
World Wars 1 and 2 and even others.
On May’s last Monday we must not forget
those who fought for freedom for their brothers -
for all of us! They faced the greatest threat:
the loss of precious life – their very own.
Be thankful you don’t lie beneath their stone.