" Shake the Spirit"

Robert Charles Ray 1953 (rockville centre)



Shake the Spirit
           Out of sacred grounds
                Break the tides
            Of flooding shorelines
         Don't allow the final breath
          Dissolve each sunlight's flicker
               Shake the Spirit
           For every row of memories
             All lined in sorrow
               Those were the ones
                 Facing the terror
            Sparing others from vivid nightmares
                 Shake the Spirit
              And return to a time
                  When life was simple
               Filled with ample sentiment
                  Shake the Spirit
                             It has a place
                          So close to home.

About this poem

A tribute to all wartime veterans

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Written on July 28, 2021

Submitted by truslerve53 on July 28, 2021

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Scheme AbcbdeAfgheiAjklAmn
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 677
Words 73
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19

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