Best World War I Poems
Below are the all-time best World War I poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of world war i poems written by PoetrySoup members
Disposable WisdomEach day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?
Pride...
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Categories:
world war i, age, cat, endurance, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
world war i, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
SophieSophie Scholl was raised a Christian in a Lutheran family
Born in the town of Forchtenberg in south west Germany
For standing defiant against evil with her...
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Categories:
world war i, death, girl, inspirational, rose,
Form:
Narrative
Cora's ClotheslineWhat softness in silence amidst the cacophony of a spin cycle world war.
Lying next to your glow in sleep's stillness, careful of your bandaged hand.
Watching...
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Categories:
world war i, desire, heart, innocence, june,
Form:
Narrative
A Thing of Beauty=================================
A thing of beauty on her wrist
was confiscated by a nurse
who looked for items soldiers missed
in places (and by means) much worse.
They branded her inside...
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Categories:
world war i, holocaust, thanks, war, world
Form:
Quatern
The Last Train To AuschwitzIn nineteen forty four on the third of September
Is a date in my mind that I'll always remember
It was the date of the last train...
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Categories:
world war i, abuse, death, evil, jewish,
Form:
Narrative
Onslaught#One should be cautious in starting a war, but
once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly#
#Quote by Hirohito circa...
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Categories:
world war i, allusion, america, world war
Form:
Rhyme
The Dread of BattleShrill whistle blew as we crossed over the wire
Charged at the Germans who opened fire
Those who had run up ahead
Fell first; now lay dead,...
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Categories:
world war i, fear, god, world war
Form:
Rhyme
A Rose By Any Other Name ---Through the hushed whisper of the breeze
Flowing through the majestic circling pine trees
I sense that I have stepped
Into a sacred hallowed space
A GARDEN OF ROSES
A...
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Categories:
world war i, beauty, humanity, love, peace,
Form:
Ode
no heroes - WWI -
heroes?
there are none here, now ... ever ...
don’t feign to look, for your eyes will
...
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Categories:
world war i, appreciation, introspection, life, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
Pearls Beneath the HarborOur bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward...
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Categories:
world war i, people, places, world war
Form:
Haibun
The Red PoppyThe symbol of remembrance is the red poppy
When I look upon it, this is what I see,
I see courage, sacrifice and extreme bravery
See thousands enlisting...
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Categories:
world war i, appreciation, remembrance day, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Little Toy SoldiersLittle Toy Soldiers going off to war
None will ever live to see age twenty four
None of them even know what they're fighting for
Little...
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Categories:
world war i, boy, goodbye, peace, soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
Lili MarleneLili Marlene
In times of war, love can subdue cynical adversaries
(Men separated from their vocation, now filled with hatred)
And quell the beast inside their misdirected hearts,
And...
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Categories:
world war i, history, memorial day, remembrance
Form:
Verse
Your Country Needs YouI've read many accounts on that horrific war that was WWI ,it was supposed to end all wars.
It was trench warfare and men fought and...
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Categories:
world war i, death, soldier, world war
Form:
Rhyme