Memorial Day Poems

Welcome to the Memorial Day Poems webpage dedicated to this very special day in May. This is a very special time to remember our loved ones who have died alongside remembering our service men and women. Flowers and flags and parades and dedications of memorials are part of the day's activities. Members of the armed service, fire departments, police departments,Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and local marching bands throughout the land march in parades and attend ceremonies to commemorate the day.


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Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow;
I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain;
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush;
I am in the graceful rush.

Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.

I am the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.
Mary Frye

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Flag Song

Look up, there's our flag!
We can count every star,
And the red, blue, and white,
How lovely they are!

Floating high, floating wide,
We can see it from far,
Our flag, it's the flag,
We can count every star!

In the sun, in the wind,
Do its bright colors shine.
O look at the flag,
It is yours, it is mine!
Nancy Byrd Turner

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The Poppies Blow

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae

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I stand before you

I stand before you all today
But not one eye can see my way

My time arrived, to leave this earth
A fact so planned, to every birth

It happened where I had to go
My torch for life was so aglow

I transferred while in uniform
Protecting freedom, through a storm

Should I resent I died for you
Not on my life, red white and blue

Please help my family through each day
Tell all my friends, try not to stray

And of the country I did love
Do think of me, through God above

Your memories, brought forth this day
Send love to us, who could not stay
Roger J. Robicheau

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Ex-clerk

Pity not! The army gave
Freedom to a timid slave:
In which freedom did he find
Strength of body, will, and mind:
By which strength he came to prove
Mirth, companionship, and love:
For which love to death he went:
In which death he lies content.

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For those who fought and died
For the families who have cried
Despite the politicians who (may) have lied

Give a prayer or just stand silent
Remember what their lives meant
And it's okay to shed a tear
For this land we hold so dear

The souls of soldiers past
Will forever a shadow cast
Upon this land from coast to coast
So unto them I pledge this toast

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MEMORIAL DAY SONG

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Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.

Under the shadow of Thy throneSufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.

Thy Word commands our flesh to dust,
Return, ye sons of men:
All nations rose from earth at first,
And turn to earth again.

A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by the flood,
And lost in following years.

Time, like an ever rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

Like flowery fields the nations stand
Pleased with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower’s hand
Lie withering ere ‘tis night.

Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.

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An Old Wooden Chair

An old wooden chair, out on the porch
Shaded by trees, the sun couldn’t scorch

A child loved to play, not far away
When tired this chair, was where to stay

If weather turned bad, as sometimes it would
The young one would sit, those arms felt good

This haven of rest, always was there
Like a mother in charge, always took care

As the years passed, the chair bore no change
But the small one did grow, adding new range

How quickly through high school, time fled by
And the child from that chair, said good-bye

Off to the service, such great pride did show
Protector of freedom, youthful brave glow

A loved one of course, now guards this chair
Holding fond memories, each one so dear

With prayers to God, dear mother does wait
Till her brave one's home safe, a want so great

That now empty chair, shaded by trees
If it could just talk, starting with "Please..
Roger J. Robicheau

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