Quotes about flag, page 53
God Speaks!
no more wars in My name,
no more diseases blamed on Me...
no more global warming storms
that leave a path of destruction.
no more hatreds, no prejudices,
no acts of violence under My flag....
no more words printed on your money,
no more heathen peoples left to starve.
no more conversions by the sword,
no more calamities called My judgement....
quit using Me for your doorstop!
take responsibility for yourselves!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Take My Advice
If your day, doesn’t go your way,
try not to sigh, but go apply
a cheerful grin,
stick out that chin,
and beat the blues.
You must refuse to let things drag you down,
don’t flag,
Let humour in,
and you’ll begin, to ease the strain,
which is the bane of your life, so,
let it all go.
Take my advice,
don’t pay the price that stress can bring,
we’ll sort this thing.
Just raise a smile,
It’ll be worth while.
poem by Ernestine Northover
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Life Remains
Like poverty with no property
Like faith with no base
Like grace with no face
Like a drought in doubt
Like a vision in prison
Like a lesson in question
Like peace in pieces
Like freedom in boredom
Like greatness in graveness
Like charity in calamity
Like manners in drama
Like courage in damage
Like a bloodshed and a sweet bread
Like victory, history and mystery.
Life remains……..
A heart break and a flag raise
poem by Iyamuremye Wilfred
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My Life Remains
Like poverty with no property
Like faith with no base
Like grace with no face
Like a drought in doubt
Like a vision in prison
Like a lesson in question
Like peace in pieces
Like freedom in boredom
Like greatness in graveness
Like charity in calamity
Like manners in drama
Like courage in damage
Like a bloodshed and a sweet bread
Like victory, history and mystery.
Life remains……..
A heart break and a flag raise
poem by Iyamuremye Wilfred
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The Silent Battle
(In Memory of J. W. T. Jr.)
He was a soldier in that fight
Where there is neither flag nor drum,
And without sound of musketry
The stealthy foemen come.
Year in, year out, by day and night
They forced him to a slow retreat,
And for his gallant fight alone
No fife was blown, and no drum beat.
In winter fog, in gathering mist
The gray grim battle had its end --
And at the very last we knew
His enemy had turned his friend.
poem by Sara Teasdale
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A Soldiers Dream
As we see every soldier fight
we think why
well deep in every soldier
they had a dream
a dream of fighting for the freedom of his country
and a dream for fighting and coming home to his wife
because every soldier wants to find that iner rage
that will make him live through that war
as we see every soldier fight
we stand with our flag held high
and say thanks
for putting your life on the line for the freedom our country deserves
poem by Tylor Bearman
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Unconscious Walls
From the waters of Washington
Once steeping into States
The flag hoisted on the ship changes
As the waters change.
No mark, No fence, No boundary
Yet unconscious external walling by humans
And walling ever prevails
Between rich and poor
High and low
Fair and dark
Men and women
Caste and creed
Language and culture
Nationality and status
Everything has its distinct colour, shape, taste, norm
And never one homogeneous whole.
poem by Green Peace
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The Price Of War
Their mangled and broken bodies
return home in flag draped caskets.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
while a band plays patriotic
hymns for their services rendered
and a choir to give them a voice.
If I may be so bold to say
that I see no sweetness in death
nor the acclaimed gloriousness
that lyrical poets have penned.
what I see is sugarcoated
rationale for warmongering
dolts. I see no glory in that.
Mortem est pretium bellum.
poem by Albert Ahearn
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Damn War
Damn war drags on
Our soldiers are gone
A young father is dying
Never to see a new dawn
A broken wife is left crying
The government is lying
Old men know the difference
Industry keeps on supplying
A child sits in sweet ignorance
Waiting on Daddy's entrance
Parents lost their pride and joy
Killed stopping the menace
Always be their little boy
He volunteered to deploy
Taps, flag, and purple heart
Buried with his son's favorite toy
poem by Charles Hancock
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Far Fetched
I wish to see the flag fly high
and never at half mast.
I wish to see the world at peace
and not repeat the past.
I wish to hear the bugler play
his morning reveille
and never hear the sound of taps
from war's sad memory.
I wish to see all fields of battle
come to life again
and filled with penitent faces
that bring hatred to an end.
Wishes are wishes.
Dreams are dreams
and usually come apart
at the seams,
but I still wish anyway.
poem by Edwina Reizer
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