Best Iron Curtain Poems
Below are the all-time best Iron Curtain poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of iron curtain poems written by PoetrySoup members
Iron CurtainWinston Churchill- the Tailor
chose material, designed fashion
Franklin D Roosevelt- the Weaver
later wove success with Marshall magic
Joseph Stalin- the Color Master
painted the Curtain with blood of...
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Categories:
iron curtain, peace, satire, world war
Form:
Couplet
The Invasion of UkraineOn the twenty fourth of February in twenty twenty two
Russia invaded Ukraine and fierce fighting did ensue
Vladimir Putin it seems, wants to restore the...
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Categories:
iron curtain, conflict, death, military, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
Russian Evil Will Thrive If Good Men Do NothingThe west went in guns blazing to help their fellow man
In Syria against the Islamic State and in Iraq and Afghanistan
They brought an end to...
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Categories:
iron curtain, conflict, death, war, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
DON'T FORGET UKRAINE?
Between an unjust war or peace, which would you choose?
Ukraine had no choice so we must ensure they don't lose
Russian thugs invaded Ukraine to reinstate...
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Categories:
iron curtain, conflict, death, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Broken EnglandBroken England
By Steven Cooke
My Brave ancestors of England,
Look away, for I offend thee.
For your England is no more.
Decay eats away at this fallen empire.
Your people...
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Categories:
iron curtain, sad, england, green, life,
Form:
Free verse
Building a WallI'm writing this poem in the last days of 2018. The government of the United States is shut down in a fight over the building...
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Categories:
iron curtain, america, freedom, history, political,
Form:
Blank verse
Pray For Rain
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against thee; if they
pray toward this place, and confess thy name,
and turn...
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Categories:
iron curtain, prayer, spiritual, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
Greatest FiguresFigures of immense reputation and popularity they were
Attracting public attention and admiration in the pursuit of their great works
Leaving behind them a legacy of some...
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Categories:
iron curtain, history, work, history, work,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Remember“I remember...” an old man said,
“When the first shot rang out,
When the rebels held their stead,
The British bullets flew about,
And through our ranks they sped.”
Though...
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Categories:
iron curtain, conflict, courage, freedom, patriotic,
Form:
Rondeau
Draw a LineDRAW A LINE
By: William S. Labtis
To draw a line there must be a justification
As to divide takes a distinction/ qualification from
Like a demarcation line -...
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Categories:
iron curtain, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Red BirdWorlds collide in my throat
as the galaxy of my heart is
torn asunder. Desperation lives
in my eyes, sweet salty sweat
pours down the avenging...
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Categories:
iron curtain, allegoryheart, song, sweet, longing,
Form:
Free verse
Santa Monica, CaChildren of the iron curtain
Stripped of God from birth,
Crawling on a toothless wall -
Question marks on compass.
Chicks growing colored wings,
Door...
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Categories:
iron curtain, introspection, life, nostalgia, people,
Form:
Free verse
CaptiveVision is shadowy; I choke the steering wheel with knuckles turned white
the shifty roads are blanketed with fresh powder, day has fallen into night
a small...
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Categories:
iron curtain, fantasy, imagination, car,
Form:
Narrative
SchizophreniaMemories
become sand full of hourglasses.
One thousand snowflakes are one thousand dead cats in the Hudson River.
Memories hurt.
They are Michael Schofield broken...
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Categories:
iron curtain, confusion, introspection, words, me,
Form:
Free verse
Distant ThingsA Rumble in the Jungle, a Thriller in Manila
Blue suede shoes, Elvis and Priscilla
Old blue eyes, the star of the show
Distant things. Oh so long...
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Categories:
iron curtain, history, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme