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
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Last NovenaThe manhood
of a nation
marching in the breeze
Chasing what
the dead have wrought
taunting its reprieve
Caught within the voices
of forgotten
yesterdays
The winds of war
but nine days off
— as mothers kneel to pray
(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
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Categories:
war,
Form: Rhyme
Killed by blindnessKilled by their blindness
and narrow mindedness,
revenge at such a cost.
When plight abounds,
trees become unsound,
cut them off before
the forest is lost.
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Categories:
humanity, war,
Form: Political Verse
Sunset of RealityWhat is the feeling of being alone?
Alongside with guilt
Without anyone but a stone
With your name engraved on it
Death is like a torture
With no hesitation
There is uncertainty
If it's all just cessation
It's hard to return
Especially in...
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Categories:
war, break up, imagination, love,
Form: Free verse
A Picture of WarSome paint a picture
Of the glory of war
The rich will get richer
The poor will stay poor
The mourners will mourn
From shore to shore
The dead will stay dead
Forever more...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Rhyme
No Protest No War!No War No Protest!
Colors of red, green, black, and white
spread on the east side of one campus
On the other a wave of white, and blue stars
A flock has gathered
The atmosphere seems peaceful
Tents resembling...
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Categories:
courage, hope, war, world,
Form: Free verse
All Turns Silent in the Meadows
It was the strangest thing I saw that day
A grassy grove and a man shouting mad
I didn't even know what to say
His face dragged down by his eye bags
His feet slept on the dirt, twigs...
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Categories:
war, cry, death, loss, psychological,
Form: Free verse
A Sad Time and an Awful WarI was from a poor rural county in Iowa
The kind that drafts young men during wars
Back in the late sixties many of our men went to Viet Nam
Some did not return, others returned damaged
Patriots, doing...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Prose Poetry
Today's Psalm 23The Lord is my protector
The shield of my life
In tormented times he keeps me safe
In today's turbulence he holds me fast
To give me courage
Not to fail him
Through the minefields he leads me
To praise his name
In...
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Categories:
dark, faith, light, war,
Form: Blank verse
When Seasons SpeakWhen seasons speak
of warm and blue and bright
They call to me
with everything in sight
To worry not
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Categories:
war, conflict, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Never AgainThe cacophony of headlines spills into homes.
Living rooms swell with images of death.
Horror hails against insulated windows...
A fusillade of destruction and trauma
Resonating in a global conscience.
Barrages of how's and why's rally...
...between...
brothers,...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Free verse
To which image should we cling"We have been here a thousand times before"
Praying for world peace, or the end of war
"Memory erased, each time we begin anew"
PRIEZ POUR NOUS QUI AVONS RECOURS À VOUS
"Of hands held tenderly, we’ve lost the...
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Categories:
war, heaven, light, mother son,
Form: Couplet
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeDuring the Civil War, money came late,
Indians starved, left to their fate.
Two braves came across a white farmer's food.
They were hungry and stressed and in a bad mood.
Little Bear picked up an egg, Grey Elk...
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Categories:
war, betrayal, courage, native american,
Form: Lyric
New Doors are ShapedIn this exciting times, new doors are shaped,
Fresh pathways for us to boldly tread.
Authority over lions, we will claim,
Journeying without fear with full steam.
With new perceptions, we will shut lions’ roar,
Break new ground, like never...
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Categories:
courage, encouraging, journey, war,
Form: Free verse
If I Were The AntiChristIf I were the Antichrist,
I would wait and watch,
When God gets tired of humanity
He would unleash me, his scourge.
I would begin by encouraging 'peace'
After all I know all tongues,
I would ban all forms of currency,
Take...
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Categories:
war, allah, bible, heaven, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
America Never LearnsThe powerful have bombs
the students have voices
enough is enough they say
University campuses unite
A map in the year of 1947
tells a story no one in the west
really wants to hear
thieves on stolen lands
America, professional bombers
Iraq, Libya,...
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Categories:
child abuse, evil, war,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of War Poems
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anti, biological, brave, children, civil, cold war, cyber, economic, history, kids, nuclear, peace, political, sad, soldier, spanish, time, vietnam, world, ww1, ww2
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