Patriotic Poems

Patriotic Poems are a wonderful example of classic American poetry. Reading American poems from history can transport us back to a bygone era and allow us to glimpse what it might have been like to live back then. Poems about America are perfect Veterans day poems, Memorial day poems and Independence day poems too!

Some historical patriotic poetry authors have generously taken "poetic license" to tell their story, as in the case of the famous poem titled "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" or "Paul Revere's Ride". Sometimes the stories told in the poems about America do not always match the historical version. Read the story of Paul Revere's ride - "The British aren't coming?", according to the Paul Revere House museum.

Here are some great poems about America for your enjoyment...

• 1492 Poem about Christopher Columbus
• A Visit from St. Nicholas - or The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore
• America Befriend by Henry Van Dyke
• America for Me - by Henry Van Dyke
• America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
• Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe
• Come Up From the Fields, Father - A Memorial Day poem by Walt Whitman
• God Save the Flag by Oliver Wendell Holmes
• In Flanders Field by John McCrae
• Liberty Enlightening the World - by Henry Van Dyke
• Paul Revere's Ride or The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• The New Colossus - the Statue of Liberty poem by Emma Lazarus
• O Captain My Captain - A poem written by Walt Whitman after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key

While not exactly a poem, Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" lyrics can also be enjoyed as poetry.

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