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Best Love And War Poems

Below are the all-time best Love And War poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of love and war poems written by PoetrySoup members


Streets of Blood
Streets of blood

She stood upon the terrace high
streets of blood below
The gate left open in the night,
a dark sky threatens snow

With swine and pearls running...

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Categories: love and war, hate, love, peace, war,
Form: Rhyme



The Wounds of War
Dear Mother, should my footsteps never tread
The pathway which would lead to your embrace,
Know this, though many words were left unsaid,
Your love has pierced the...

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Categories: love and war, fear, love, mother, war,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Death of a Lancer
My one true love with eyes of sparkling blue
Our hearts as one it was our destiny
Heaven sent you for me and me for you
It would...

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Categories: love and war, death, horse, love, soldier,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Winning the War
WINNING THE WAR 

In tough action of war crawls the soldier
across the thorny ground riddled with mine,
charges with loaded gun on the shoulder,
revenge and rage...

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Categories: love and war, daughter, death, love, soldier,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Love and Peace
Seas are filled with tears

Shed by the weeping angels
 
For men lost in war,

Let us fill our hearts with love
 
And make war capitulate!








© Demetrios...

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Categories: love and war, love, peace, war,
Form: Tanka



Premium Member An Empire Strikes Back
War is a time of great conflict 
bringing so much misery and suffering 
to a generation of people mistreated
on their knees in it's wake 
prayers...

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Categories: love and war, blessing, feelings, god, hate,
Form: Political Verse
Shells Ii Death Is Dead Once More For Now
Recall the midwife

To the cenotaph

War is over


For now at least


Nothing but poppy petal buttercup remain 
in tact to blow away this coming eve

Or grow from...

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Categories: love and war, love, slam, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member One Last Forbidden Kiss
Church bells were heard nearby

As minarets tall, made prayer calls

When they stood on war torn bridge

Parting with one last forbidden kiss.

Sirens of war were loud...

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Categories: love and war, love, religion, war,
Form: Imagism
Make Love the Weapon
For every time I wake, another day
                 A chance...

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Categories: love and war, care, hope, love, peace,
Form: Lyric
A Life of Love and Light
Approaching life with love

Lived with an open heart,

Irrespective of others differences

Fundamentally shining light,

Everyone welcome to join me,

Oneness and unity on mass

Favouring love over hate,

Lighting a...

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Categories: love and war, hate, jealousy, life, love,
Form: Acrostic
Almost Counts
In the war of words count the cost                 ...

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© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: love and war, how i feel, irony,
Form: Rondeau
Premium Member Searching For Harmony
Where are you, oh, Harmony,
Daughter of Mars and daughter of
Venus?
-
Where shall I look for you?
In the enclosure of a serene harbor,
Or 
In the open tempestuous...

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Categories: love and war, heart, love, peace, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member He Left Her a White Rose
Its the morning after the night before
As i leave my new wife, whom i lovingly adore

My orders came through, overseas i head
With my band of...

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Categories: love and war, husband, love, places, war,
Form: Couplet
Drop On My Heart a Rose
DROP ON MY HEART A ROSE

by Robert Davidson

My voice breaks against those lips of thine:
Before I leave for war I must implore
Let me love you...

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Categories: love and war, love, nostalgia, passion, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 1914 Christmas Truce On the Western Front
warriors risk lives

                      ...

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Categories: love and war, courage, joy, love, peace,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Reflection on the Important Things