{"id":11540,"date":"2021-11-11T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=11540"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:52:11","slug":"favorite-veterans-day-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/favorite-veterans-day-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Veterans Day Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from the National Endowments of the Arts <\/a> in honor of Veterans Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Battleground<\/a>” by William Trowbridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Those nights I heard shouts from the dark
of my parents\u2019 room, he was back down
in his foxhole, barking orders, taking fire\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“At the Vietnam War Memorial<\/a>” by Robert Dana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u2026we\u2019ve come to find
your brother\u2019s name, etched
in the long black muster
of sixteen years of war\u2014”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Thanks<\/a>” by Yusef Komunyakaa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u2026Thanks
for the vague white flower
that pointed to the gleaming metal
reflecting how it is to be broken\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Dulce et Decorum Est<\/a>” by Wilfred Owen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here for Veteran Day more poems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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