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War Poems | Examples of War Poetry

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 short, long, best, and famous examples of war poetry. This list of works about war is an excellent resource for examples on how to write war poems.
Premium Member Every Dead Soldier Swears
Carry 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...Read the rest...
Categories: death, love, voice, war,
Form: ABC

Premium Member Nakba
Dear 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...Read the rest...
Categories: evil, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member it's ok - just chill
Hamas 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...Read the rest...
Categories: irony, war,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member rap it up
Is 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...Read the rest...
Categories: rap, war,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member After After After
The 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...Read the rest...
Categories: war,
Form: Rhyme

Into The Valley
Soldiers 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) ...Read the rest...
Categories: death, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Battlefield
Throughout 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...Read the rest...
Categories: war,
Form: Free verse
Word Wars
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...Read the rest...
Categories: 11th grade, war, words,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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,...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, world war ii,
Form: Narrative
Another Midnight Massacre
All 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...Read the rest...
Categories: violence, war,
Form: Epic
Premium Member After After
With remnants of mankind’s existence corroding His lighting extinguished, his concrete eroding The birds and the beasts have reconquered his space Those same birds and beasts have forgotten his face The forests, once dwindled, have burgeoned once more Oak, elm...Read the rest...
Categories: war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member peace proposal IV
Now Israel’s a southern estate Irate Texans squeal feeling hate This deal in their rear Is a long horn’s bum steer But cash gift cards trump this debate...Read the rest...
Categories: war, islamic, jewish, money, peace,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member peace proposal III
The Palestine mess can now stop By copping a real estate swap To keep Israel great Carve a 51st state In Texas should Jews their roots drop...Read the rest...
Categories: islamic, jewish, peace, war,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member peace proposal II
If Jews would think outside the box To Arabs they’d sell Israel’s rocks The deal would work well Islam’s anger to quell Since extremists does it outfox...Read the rest...
Categories: islamic, jewish, peace, war,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member peace proposal I
Jerusalem is Israel’s prize Land in demand Jews idolize A Palestine state Is denied and will wait For more war before compromise...Read the rest...
Categories: islamic, jewish, peace, war,
Form: Limerick

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Read wonderful war poetry on the following sub-topics: anti, biological, brave, children, civil, cold war, cyber, economic, history, kids, nuclear, peace, political, sad, soldier, spanish, time, vietnam, world, ww1, ww2 and more.

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