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War Iambic Pentameter Poems

These War Iambic Pentameter poems are examples of Iambic Pentameter poems about War. These are the best examples of Iambic Pentameter War poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Since It's Their Crises, Please Don't Cry Sis
Each of the man-made public disruptions,
Experts say is an unforeseen crisis;
But since they profit from planned destructions,
I am begging you, please don’t go cry sis.

They...

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Categories: america, cry, hope,



Premium Member Faux Dough
Blowing up things, unfortunately,
Birth’s the printing of endless money.
By Gov’ments and world money makers,
That overwhelm global undertakers.

Yet we cry out that war is unsound,
That it...

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Categories: money, peace, war,

Premium Member Almost Xanadu
Is wished-for peace on Earth our Xanadu?
A golden dream, mirage- our sky of blue?
An aspiration, wishful thinking to
allow us to envision this as true?

If only...

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Categories: hope, peace, world,

Premium Member There Stood a Great White Horse
I looked, behold, there stood a great white horse;
Its rider had a lethal, silent bow.
And on his head, a crown, rough-hewn and coarse,
And there he...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: death, war,

Premium Member Now Jericho, Besieged By Israel
Now Jericho, besieged by Israel,
Had shut its doors, and none went in or out.
The LORD told Joshua, “If you’ll believe,
We’re going to bring these walls...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: bible,



The Autumn Leaves
The Autumn Leaves fell down and down to Earth,
to feel the gentle touch of our Mother;
The Time, it ticked away,"Seconds" it snatched,
went devastating Life's much...

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Categories: autumn, cry, earth, nature,

Premium Member Three Wishes
I summon Genie from Aladdin's lamp
Requesting he fulfill his wishes three -
I think of children (eyes becoming damp),
Wish 1: please Genie, end their poverty.

Then, contemplating...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: children, father, mother, poverty,

Premium Member Average Joe Schmo
there is average Joe Schmo
who seeks no more to know
than he exists 
and he goes with the flow of the show

others tell him there’s much...

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Categories: grief, life, metaphor, moving

Little Lily
Little lily lost in leisure 
Trying to trace her long lost treasure 
Where to find and where to not 
But ended up finding what she...

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Categories: care, character, child, dark,

Final Kiss
"What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in...

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Categories: goodbye, love, war,

Premium Member One Nine and Sixteen - the Attic
The Attic


Sewing machine, long idle, gathered dust
     in this old attic of dear grandma's home.
So dark, a lighted candle is a...

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Categories: death, grandparents, memory,

Premium Member Sad Journeyman of Death
Sad Journeyman of Death

Sad journeyman of life’s unending tests
bides time in loathsome sojourn cross each dawn
respecting naught but future’s numbered breaths
a-weep upon the touch of...

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Categories: death, family, war,

Premium Member Sarajevo - Under the Linden Tree
Sarajevo - UNDER A LINDEN TREE
The morning lights and to another day
a pirate's chest you've found but will not stay
for longer than the blinking of...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: conflict, tree, war,

Premium Member Sarajevo Snack
SARAJEVO SNACK
Speak softly to the tune, it plays out in the night,
and never think that Sarajevo hasn't named the song.
Division is the rule, and ...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: betrayal, hate, world war

Edison's Hammer
(William Hammer, Thomas Alva Edison's assistant,
has reached the end of his tolerance.  His boss is
planning to electrocute an elephant for a publicity
stunt.)

If he goes...

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