War Poems | Examples of War Poetry

Little Miss Tough Sat on her duff whining ‘bout ‘The Amerikan Way’ Along came a missile ...

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The seeds of war are planted in the soil of greed within the garden of an unholy trinity. Children of the poor sent off to war to weave the satin feathers of a murder of political crows. The war machine is a stomping beast spitting out bones vomiting over the centuries. The children of the poor taking their last ride to the heart of...

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He had to be mad to invade Ukraine his troops followed orders they must all be insane to cross the borders an unwarranted attack by a megalomaniac bombarding innocents who couldn't fight back one leader was a comedian the other is a clown the former gave us smiles the latter makes us frown what do the Russians hope to achieve or accomplish by destroying all they covet leave us alone Ukraine's...

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'England is a nation of shopkeepers' was never said by Bonaparte but it was those self-same tradesmen who kicked Napoleon’s **** and when at Waterloo they met as he won the day to give it a positive spin one may only say, "Wellington put the boot in!" ...

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They filed his blood beneath a numbered case— the marrow went to war without a call. The VA counted cells, not what took place in basements where his stare could split the wall. The cancer knew his secrets—mutiny against Guam’s humid silence, its red debt claimed as the twenty-one guns thoomed in key. We stood. We nodded. No one cried. Not yet. There’s...

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Two thousand five, the Israeli PM thought there he knew the way HE had to get out of Gaza, it's impossible to stay "We can't rule over all these people, and the world will thank us too" So he pulled out Jewish villages, but troubles only grew. Hamas took charge in Gaza, it blamed even World Wars on the...

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Every picture I’ve seen of you as a child, You wear your hair in plaits. A stern middle parting and two dark brown braids Falling down on each shoulder. A maypole’s dream. You would do your best to wash them when you could, When shampoo was available, Or even in the single, small bathroom. You would vigorously scrub your face too With...

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Once in a century there comes a notable war, To prove how uncivilized human beings are! One steps up, reaching for the star, The other steps down, Leaving a never-vanishing scar. O ruled people! Say no to war, It has always favored the rulers so far. “We are the saviors of the world,” they say, Yet the shepherdless flock is left as prey. What...

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1 SAMUEL 17:4-5 Like I a descendant of David Like I a descendant of David My forefathers Father I too come before giants You Philistines come with a sword But I come to you with the name of the Lord The Lord of Host I come not to boast I am of the God of Israel I am of the God of Israel In God he...

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I hear voices in my head, I touch pain On every television Except the typical symbols Of hegemony Except in a white building Miles and miles away, I touch pain! For every leaf that falls, Swallowed by the burning hell From the mighty birds Of weird names F 16, F 35... I hear these voices, We hear these voices - Miles away, node in unison, "The world...

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When nights are dark you’ll never see the depths of our humanity, but in the light of desert days the shades of death will quite amaze. So if you’ve time to take the trouble sift just once through wreck and rubble - ashen bones of tots will rile, though eyes of rampant killers smile. While starving at their mama’s breast, one wonders whom those...

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Sponsor : Constance Le France submitted : 6/7/25 Placed : Third ——————————- lovingly she opened a tungsten gate to his Heart quantum lasers sharp, her ordained healing art penetrated a GOSSAMER of silver spider-webs drew slightly aback to allow patu marplesi to ebb GHOSTLY armoured soldiers wandered within from Constantinople fields to Berlin yields spin filling spirant space with unearthly eerie...

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Twilight was the time of day as well they do concur about the hour of crepuscular dusk or evening if you prefer there in the gloaming altho' the light was slightly dimmer I took a look at the situation and saw more than quite a glimmer of absolute absurdity the altercation confrontation as if every nation were to follow the Law of Exact Retaliation an...

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Tired War,Release the Monkeys They tried to nail my boot to the floor No nail puller My influence won the day I was the monkey man Earn the right I want to ask Just for a little more time Growing life growing tree just to lose it Can't you see Life got to be better Once I lit that cigarette Ocean of tomorrows...

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who's got a tourniquet? the world bleeds out of her limb. she's anemic. the ship of world peace has sailed; existential chaos reigns supreme. recourse to arms now the go-to solution for nations at loggerheads. bellicose, sanguinary; they're way past handshakes. who's got a tourniquet? ...

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