War Poems - Examples of all types of war poetry to share and read. This list of war poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Warfare is an inherent part of life and writing about the sufferings and casualties of these conflicts in the form of beautiful and inspiring poems is just as natural. From the civil war to the Vietnam War and beyond, there have been many wars that have wreaked havoc on civilian life and the lives of soldiers. War poems detail the emotions of these events from the perspective of the combatant and human experience. Read
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Springtime on the DonetsClownish yaw engines
Spin us about
The blue sphere we inhabit
Its future in doubt
Our cumulus cloud shroud
Conceals the pain
Of tanks, missiles and pogroms
And unburied slain...
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Categories:
space, violence, war,
Form: Rhyme
this isn't meWhat am I doing? This
Isn't me. I'm watching myself
Commit the unthinkable in
The name of duty and
I hate it.
Everyone is heralding me
A hero
When I only feel like the villain
Who actually wins. This isn't
Me.
When...
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Categories:
war, corruption, political, repetition, violence,
Form: Free verse
I'm coming for EverythingThink you got this, All on lock be-
cause you want it, I'm listening
If taking losses, Aint an option
Well I think that That's interesting
So just stop it, Must have lost it
Once I show up, Your history
I...
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Categories:
war, animal, confidence, destiny, irony,
Form: Rhyme
War Pigs - Glenn HughesProfits push political power,
As they gather to make plans.
Like witches in their covens each hour,
The power of black masses spans.
Increases industries interest, no Wall Street crashes,
Evil leaders plot devastations
Wizards cause frightening fire...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Rhyme
If Only You KnewIf only you knew the feel of a zephyr,
With its current swooping around hillsides
Ruffling the spruce trees everywhere,
Or descend downwards towards verdant vales
Where flowers bloom all through the year.
If only you knew what the oceans...
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Categories:
war, abuse, food, humanity, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Every Dead Soldier SwearsCarry your heart with me ( I carry it in my heart ) I am never without it
Across the seas in the killing fields of France,
Bellowing cries, suffering, Man's dying dance,
Ceaseless shells rain on Mother's...
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Categories:
death, love, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme
NakbaDear Margot
We have never met
sixteen going on seventeen
every child should have dreams
yours stolen at nineteen
I wish I knew, truly
is it evil or hate?
to steal the life of a child
never mind thousands
after the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
the...
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Categories:
evil, war,
Form: Free verse
it's ok - just chillHamas killers would the wall scale
An Israel intelligence fail
But revengeful war
To settle that score
Is rampage that veils this detail
Dropping bombs with impunity
Kills all kinds of humanity
A terrorist's act
In spite of the fact
Hamas hides...
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Categories:
irony, war,
Form: Limerick
rap it upIs hip hop the place for a spat?
Kendrick and Drake each see a rat
For whom should we root?
They're both rappers cute
And fans will snap to the combat...
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Categories:
rap, war,
Form: Limerick
After After AfterThe vessel had travelled through space for so long
Two armageddons had come and had gone
Nuclear warfare had first come to pass
The asteroid followed and kicked the Earth’s ass
Each was foreseen and the ruling machine
Built a...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Rhyme
Into The ValleySoldiers
in the fog of war
body count
a blur
Casualties
both left and right
voices
go unheard
Winners
walk a losing path
politics
in charge
Nothing changes
nothing ends
death
— the final bard
(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
...
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Categories:
death, war,
Form: Rhyme
BattlefieldThroughout the ages of time
men have marched
men have fought
men have bled
men have died
For a field of land deemed strategic, an advantage, even holy
ghosts of wars past cling to the soil waiting to welcome
those of...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Free verse
Moments Which Inspire Silence
Thick clouds of unanswered questions
eclipse the clear light thought to be seen.
Bewildered by election commentary again,
our ears quit as media opine.
Hearers' lack of response yields understanding,
'twas a vacant struggle just to be heard.
Hardened clay...
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Categories:
11th grade, war, words,
Form: Free verse
MOM DAD WAR AND GRACE
Just the very thought of him, like an artist’s stroke of his
Paintbrush, sealed a promise of a lifetime of tomorrows.
I finally had found myself and, knew my purpose in life.
The instant you were within sight,...
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Categories:
animal, world war ii,
Form: Narrative
Another Midnight MassacreAll through wee hours of the morning
Laminga wail their missing persons, mourning
And the track road leading into Amurum forest
Stained with droplets of blood down the terraced
Searching into sunrise by Lafon river parts
headless corpses, dissected body...
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Categories:
violence, war,
Form: Epic
Specific Types of War Poems
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