Best Casualties Poems
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of free will and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity, all that is.. is over in the stormy, swarming space of mere moments.
turbulence rises
as sun and clouds intersect -...
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Categories:
casualties, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
The Untold Casualties of WarWho knows who are the casualties of war?
Are they the wounded, maimed, and all the dead?
Who counts the orphans, widows, those displaced?
The untold truth, a light on this can shed
I also am a casualty of war
My soul is wounded by the grief I see
The...
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Categories:
casualties, angst, mental illness, political,
Form:
Rhyme
The Casualties of War - Collab ContestWalk with pride, with your head held high
Conflict and war is not your fault
Face turns away whilst tears you cry.
You can't understand this, who knows why,
When will all these emotions finally halt
Walk with pride, with your head held high
You were called to fight to...
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Categories:
casualties, conflict, confusion,
Form:
Villanelle
Casualties of LoveCasualties of Love
Check the victims report
Broken hearts, pain, ice cold
Check the newswire
Filled with heartbreak, desire
Walk away, never look back
That’s how it’s done, no emotion
Don’t forget to look in the mirror
It’s a reflection of your life...
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Categories:
casualties, lost love, love, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Casualties of WarIt began as love stories do,
A whirlwind romance.
Then courtship led the couple to
A tender wedding dance.
They thought it would last forever,
The love they felt back then,
But once the magic disappeared,
It would not come again.
This put the couple in a state
Of profound confusion,
The loss of such...
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Categories:
casualties, death, family, husband, wifedaughter,
Form:
Rhyme
Civilian Casualties of WarThe war crimes in Ukraine
Is a monstrosity
It's the devil at work
The piper...
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Categories:
casualties, death, horror, war,
Form:
Monchielle Stanza
Casualties of the Last World WarThe vultures gather
For the great feast of the Lord.
Buzzards are circling......
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Categories:
casualties, animals, death, faith, happiness,
Form:
Haiku
Casualties of WarCasualties of war
Godlike? No. Human? Maybe.
Yet living above the bones of dead babies.
Who fell to their deaths from the top of the world,
The forgotten, the miscarried, the unfortunate boys and girls.
Now the babies lie with bullets,
Sanctity no longer exists.
Once upon a time,...
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Categories:
casualties, baby, death, war, world
Form:
Casualties of NowAt the dawn of this falling sky
Mankind is all alone, so estranged in this abandoned hour,
Prevailed, sadly, the rule of chaos and anarchy
The martyrdom of divine thus, sparked the unholy lust for power.
Gone are the ancient days
And the ways of the noble and just,
Devil...
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Categories:
casualties, spiritual,
Form:
Ballad
Casualties of WarI tried to heal people but ended up leaving casualties
I'm only able to give people half of me
I'm just dealing with my apathy
I'm going to war with depression and it will end up in a casualty
I thought about running, but I decided to collide with...
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Categories:
casualties, dark, deep, depression, loss,
Form:
Free verse
CasualtiesI am standing in peat.
The war drags on.
The dirt is raw,
squirting on to fingernails
turning them blue.
Who was running away
from hinges ?
The genital warts were
spreading. The cold facts will
wear casuistry. The train
derails. Only the earth
is hurt.
Dreams cannot close the
wounds. You want to go
where the jungle is....
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Categories:
casualties, art,
Form:
ABC
Soldier
Soldier.
Called then, to duty,
I stood before my brothers,
urging them to war
T'were boys I led to battle
and I drift now among you
dead as well, save grim valor
and brutal resolution
March 22, 2019...
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Categories:
casualties, courage, death, soldier, war,
Form:
Tanka
Shell ShockDuress and death and flies persist
but I can't rest, or I won't rise
While on I press, relays of mist
that graze beside me now and then,
make red my dead and distant eyes
but raise my listing head again
Unhinged, ashamed, yet still servile,
I aim and brave men atomize
to...
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Categories:
casualties, death, hero, lost, violence,
Form:
Rhyme
Choruses, Bridges and BreaksThe chorus blazes,
chaperoning the gloomy pollution of mortal extinction.
Bridges of anxiety rupture harmony,
as havoc reigns from the skies of Ukraine.
The breaks condition ruin,
while these paintings exhibit the atrocities of battle,
as the prey can only pray when the predators are...
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Categories:
casualties, anger, angst, anti bullying,
Form:
Ballad
In the Face of DangerToday is May the 30th and it's Memorial Day.
Americans are paying tribute to those who fought and died for the USA.
116,516 American soldiers died during World War I.
They died while fighting the enemy with their guns.
405,399 American soldiers died during World War II.
When I say...
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Categories:
casualties, america, death,
Form:
Rhyme