Decoration Day -- and graves of soldiers. Will there be new graves soon Because we will step into quarrels That do not concern us? Will we break faith with those Who died to make the world Safe for democracy? A real memorial to them -- Peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASSIONS: AN ODE FOR MUSIC by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) HOW'S MY BOY? by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL TO MRS. THRALE [ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR] by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS THE LAY OF ST. CUTHBERT; OR THE DEVIL'S DINNER-PARTY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM AN OLD SAW NEWLY RENDERED by LEVI BISHOP A NEW HAMPSHIRE BOY by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP |