Best Napoleonic Wars Poems
Into a Dark Raging Storm, Tempest and HailInto A Dark Raging Storm, Tempest And Hail
Into a dark raging storm, tempest and hail
alas, sadly all was to be to no avail.
Twelve pounders broke loose crashing about
some over the wind praying in a shout.
Prisoners chained below all in great fear
great many had shed a...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, conflict, history, prayer, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Give Peace a Chance Part 1Like the twelfth
juror in the play
I must say I am not
convinced
For I know a recipe
for trouble
I have seen the
double standards
And I do not approve
this for Kenya
I will never approve
it, and neither
Would you, dear
friend of Kenya
If you saw what I
most clearly see,
For you, too,...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Resistance On the Iberian PeninsulaResistance On The Iberian Peninsula
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity),”
Scream French revolutionists as they guillotine monarchists heads, 1
Then crown Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France, 2
Who commands the French forces in wars raged across Europe.
The Grande Armée has defeated the ‘Fourth Coalition:’ 3, 4
And in 1807,...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, education, freedom, history, irony,
Form:
Verse
War and Peace: That Midst Nations and NationalsWar and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals
War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19th-century Russian culture saw as its power of vivid detail and change from subconscious interpretation, is...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, allegory, angst, life, marriage,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Our Blessed America the FairAmerica, fought by our brave fallen few,
Our men and women who honored our flag,
Our nation freedoms grow strong,
Our government is thought to be a democracy, gangocracy or mobocracy,
Our impetus, the Napoleonic Wars when Latin America became republics,
Our consequence is a country that has a fair...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, america,
Form:
Ode
Aloe Vera OilEver heard of Aloe Vera Oil Shampoo, my friends?
Not since the Napoleonic Wars were nearing an end
It's been around since
Pretty young nymphs
Danced playfully around fountains in their Depends...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, success,
Form:
Limerick
Atman, AtmanI have no clue what Krshna taught Arjuna
but I like the name Atman a lot.
Atman. Atman. Where a man is at.
At all times. No matter what.
Gita, get in the action, gorgeous girl,
God is the answer, keep the meter.
Wisdom, none.
What Krshna tells Arjuna makes no...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, leadership, men, mystery, teacher,
Form:
Free verse
Ambien MomentsZolpidem kept me late, the library had been open for hours.
Young children studiously ran amok
from one poster plastered aisle to another.
I have this thing about female librarians.
I had hoped to have grown out of such fantasies,
emerging perhaps like some immaculate moth
from the grubby chrysalis...
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Categories:
napoleonic wars, poetry,
Form:
Free verse