War Poems | Poems About Wars

War Poems. Below are examples of poems about wars. This list of poetry about wars is made of PoetrySoup member poems. PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of war poems or a list of war poetry. These examples show what war poems look like. There is also a link below to the definition of war and a page where you can discuss these types of poems.

List of War Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Tanka IV	Kimathi, Teddy	Tanka	death, deep, history, humanity, war, world,
	A LITTLE GIRL DREAMS	cisneros, norberto franco	Free verse	war,
	Kare Adenegan	Monihan, Rhoda	Quatrain	war ii,
	Scarborough Fair	hoffman, cheryl	Light Poetry	war,
	The Real Fight	bartholomew, cortney	Light Poetry	change, evil, good night, war,
	Short Story	Grasso, Francis J	Narrative	war ii,
	Spirit broken again	Hamilton, John	Narrative	bereavement, death, heartbreak, humanity, war,
	What are we fighting for	Tory, Tory	Free verse	america, character, child, conflict, war,
	What are we fighting for	Tory, Tory	Free verse	america, character, child, conflict, war,
	Dead eyes cry tears that won't dry	JY, T.I.R.O.	Dramatic Verse	death, loss, lost love, war, world war ii,
	War Machine	thomson, andy	Free verse	america, betrayal, death, lost, war,
	A Farewell To Arms	Haight, Sandra	Free verse	war i,
	Troubled Minds	Thompson, David	Free verse	death of a friend, war,
	IN THE SHADOW OF THE FLAG	Wilowski, John	Couplet	war,
	Mediterranean Girl	Reza, Muzahidul	Verse	abuse, color, conflict, confusion, war,
	The Railway	Reza, Muzahidul	Verse	abuse, allah, art, baby, war,
	Let us live for a while	Roy, Aarya	Free verse	care, conflict, forgiveness, freedom, war,
	Soldiers: Embedded with courage	Frank, Mark	Didactic	war,
	Fall	Rao, Lingges	Verse	dark, life, murder, nature, war,
	Living in Fear	Roberts, Kay	Rhyme	anger, anxiety, depression, stress, war,
	War of this sad land	Nana, Cas	I do not know?	anger, pain, patriotic, sad, war,
	Beautiful Frivolous Queen	Buhagiar, Victor	Free verse	war,
	Blaze	Bosa, Diana	Dodoitsu	care, inspiration, light, longing, war,
	Laugh at the World	Martins, Richard	Couplet	war, wisdom, world, writing,
	A Rhapsody in D Minor: PART 3	Lovell, Will	Dramatic monologue	hope, imagery, surreal, war,
	A Rhapsody in D Minor: PART 2	Lovell, Will	Dramatic monologue	hurt, perspective, planet, war, wisdom, words,
	A Rhapsody in D Minor: PART 1	Lovell, Will	Dramatic monologue	loneliness, lost, people, philosophy, war,
	Heavy Hope	Fox, Kaelan	Sonnet	corruption, death, depression, hope, war,
	Troy fell one night three thousand years ago	Malenfant, Jerome	Rhyme	war,
	Past Death Remembered	Taylor, Kevin	Free verse	death, memory, military, remember, war,
	In memory of 9 11	van der Merwe, Mark Paul	Verse	grief, loss, pain, pride, war,
	That 9 11 Day	Monihan, Rhoda	Tail-rhyme	america, death, evil, political, war, world,
	Are we beggars now: We beg--	Taylor, Kevin	Senryu	peace, people, philosophy, social, war,
	Heads turned on the other side	Cokolic, Sanja	Free verse	war,
	War	Tan, Shawn	Free verse	war i, world war
	Need to Know	Lewis, TS	Prose	war,
	The Race	Phounsiri, Krysada	Free verse	america, family, fear, hero, war,
	It Begins with a Haunting	Phounsiri, Krysada	I do not know?	death, history, horror, humanity, war,
	The War on Thought Processes	Houston, Shane	Free verse	conflict, courage, death, mental war, work,
	Jack	williams, linda	Verse	war i,
	Our Only Option	Olson, Richard	Dizain	war,
	THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WAR	Wilowski, John	Couplet	war,
	The Execution	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	anxiety, conflict, death, image, war,
	The Human Instrument Part 3	Vigoren, Bo	Ballad	betrayal, corruption, creation, death, war,
	Wars Turn	Hamilton, John	Lyric	anxiety, evil, history, humanity, war,
	A future without	Harvey, Aa	I do not know?	change, dark, death, future, war,
	White Light	mohalik, swarup	Rhyme	angst, dark, grief, pain, war,
	Arise	grant , James	Narrative	best friend, emotions, faith, war,
	The Mourning Morning Years On	Neumann, Kai Michael	Rhyme	war,
	The American Battle Flag	Pollack, Tracey	I do not know?	independence day, memorial day, war,
	Jeremy Corbyn	Silver, Robin	Light Poetry	betrayal, england, leadership, peace, war,
	The Deluge: Decadence and Destruction	Chung, Brian	Free verse	celebration, conflict, corruption, introspection, war, wisdom,
	The Price	Crenshaw, Kelly	Rhyme	america, child, christian, conflict, war,
	You Shall Not Die	Martinez, Ernest	I do not know?	appreciation, beauty, military, nature, war,
	As dark clouds	mcdaid, liam	Narrative	hate, love, peace, poverty, war,
	Christmas Again	DiMino, Joe	Free verse	bible, celebration, children, christian, war, world,
	When the wind blows	Jeffery, Colin	Free verse	war,
	A Tribute to our Soldiers	Lewis , Gail	Rhyme	angst, anxiety, dedication, education, war,
	Syrian Orphan	Olson, Richard	Rhyme	war,
	Incoming heard	Willetts , Roy	Free verse	america, brother, character, courage, war,
	The Secret Place of the Most High	Chung, Brian	Epic	beauty, blessing, christian, city, war, wisdom,
	Code Talkers	DiMino, Joe	Free verse	war ii,
	The Storm	Putman, Zachary	Verse	anti bullying, truth, violence, war,
	The Battle for Betterment	Breidenthal, Laura	Free verse	blessing, dark, evil, forgiveness, war,
	To Death in Your Life	Putman, Zachary	Verse	adventure, betrayal, childhood, death, war,
	Reasons	Brown, Tera	ABC	war,
	Remember those fallen	Alexander, Gordon	Rhyme	absence, leaving, loss, memorial war,
	War Graves Visit	Cranney, Damian	Verse	war,
	One Emerald Pendant	Loo, Laura	Rhyme	war ii,
	To Take a Life is Not the Way	Janko, Betty	Rhyme	war,
	Wars End	Janko, Betty	Free verse	inspirational, violence, war,
	To Those Not Yet Born	Holmes, Peter Lewis	Free verse	war,
	Zonked-out Silence	Pratim, Partha	Free verse	dark, forgiveness, silence, slavery, war,
	Alexander's Battlecry	Man, Soul	Rhyme	humanity, imagination, military, poetry, war,
	Respite	Buhagiar, Victor	Free verse	war,
	My Dad Was Just a Lad Part 2	buck, Old	Rhyme	father, freedom, hero, memorial war,
	My Dad Was Just a Lad Part 1	buck, Old	Rhyme	appreciation, courage, emotions, father, war,
	Dear brother	luoga, david	I do not know?	war,
	Asleep with eyes open	Lamoureux, Richard	Rhyme	war,
	Soldier-The Real Hero	prabhu, shruti	Rhyme	courage, independence day, soldier, war,
	I N D I A	khanna, anil	Sonnet	depression, freedom, independence day, war,
	The flower of the nations youth	williams, linda	Verse	courage, remember, remembrance day, war, world war i,
	If The War Goes On	Schumacker, Earl	Free verse	absence, abuse, childhood, conflict, war,
	Man of Action	Ward, David	Tail-rhyme	war,
	Just Thinking	duggan, peter	Lyric	angst, anxiety, conflict, war,
	A soldiers poem	Corey, Hannah	Couplet	america, soldier, voice, war,
	Walk away or remain here to last	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	cry, dark, fear, horror, war,
	Victims In Victory Seen Through Their Eyes	Neumann, Kai Michael	Acrostic	war,
	Victim of War	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	child, deep, emotions, imagery, war,
	A Warlord's tale	Damilola, Akinsehinwa	ABC	africa, analogy, slavery, war,
	The Element Princesses	Borchard, Mikayla	Epic	war,
	Army	williams, linda	Verse	war i, world war
	My Boyhood Home	buck, Old	Rhyme	war ii,
	The Champion	Neumann, Kai Michael	Free verse	abuse, peace, political, war,
	The angels of the true God	Bohto, Holly	Free verse	birth, death, spiritual, war,
	Battle Cry	Gracie, Riley	Epic	war,
	Blar Chuil Lodair	Sarver, Hillard	Senryu	war,
	The Child of Perdition	Jay, G.	I do not know?	anger, betrayal, bible, death, war,
	the stillness of peace	lawless, John	Haibun	war i, world war
	Pandemonium	Poteet, Reason A.	Acrostic	angst, earth, power, time, war,