The Price

by Marine Wife

The cries of fallen stars and stripes pierced the...
The very cracking of broken mirrors...

Our Stars & Stripes

by Miss Lovely

Fly it high
Fly it proud...

The tears

by Maya

Tears did not come to me
they left with the yellow star...

Memorial Day

by Hey Brittknee

Purple flowers lie upon
A cold and heartless grave...

Get Well

by shell

Theres teddies, their stuffed
Then flowers they die...

The Thirty Eighth Parallel

by Mark Spencer

Standing on a riverbank,
He looked at his reflection...

I Am The Martyr

by Laith

I am who come with eternal gloom
I am who leave with ephemeral doom...

Nobody Knows-- Iraq Poem about U.S. Soldiers

by Meghan Sigmon

Nobody knows what its like carrying an m-16,
Nobody knows how it feels when a helmet is worn...

Who Could You Be

by desleeds

At every break of dawn
My soul wails from a faint heart...

A Hand To Behold

by desleeds

Sweet dainty hands with candle-like fingers
Nails trimmed enough to titillate one in sight...

A Rant Of A Soul

by desleeds

I sit in the dark with eyes stare at none
With my heart so heavy as mound of stones...

America Under Attack

by TaKe Me As I Am

**I wrote this poem on the evening of September...
September 11, 2001...