This poem is really powerful to read through. I think that it fits the prompt it is written for very well. It discusses and serves as an acknowledgement to several different veterans all of whom have different experiences serving our country in the past and the present. It reminds some of the monuments for soldiers that I have paid respect two where like the Vietnam memorial in Washington and the the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington that pay respect to multiple soldiers at once.

I connected with the World War II acknowledgement in particular. My grandfather was a medic during that war. His brothers were in the navy and marine corp. Each of them helped our country in different ways. However your poem pays homage to the heroes of other wars as well such as World War I, the Vietnam War and the Gulf war. It is a great tribute to each of their respective veterans.

On a technical level your poem is has some nice stylistic elements to it. There is some powerful imagery with second stanza providing a very poignant picture with the soldier's face being a collage of multiple soldiers. It is set up into mostly quatrains with a slight exception in the 5th stanza. They are some rhymes spaced out throughout this that make this poem fun to read through. I particular like the rhyming pair of Desert Storm with Uniform. The piece also benefits from a really powerful refrain that evokes memories which it shares with the title of this poem.

Anyway this is a great poem which really works well at honoring our veterans. Thank you very much for writing it.



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