Best War Poems
Below are the all-time best War poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of war poems written by PoetrySoup members
Waging WarIf you're going to wage a war, there's a few things you must do
Like having robust logistics in place and a battle hardened crew
You'll need...
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Categories:
conflict, people, soldier, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Wounds of WarDear 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:
fear, love, mother, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Indian InkINDIAN INK
Indian Accent, form the whispers inside
Chanting from long ago
Echoes come and go
Losing time in a soft eternal glow
A beautiful and delicate autumn mountain scene
Dry...
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Categories:
war, abuse, autumn, death, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Disposable WisdomEach day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?
Pride...
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Categories:
war, age, cat, endurance, life,
Form:
Rhyme
ShadowIt was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...
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Categories:
dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
war, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
Texian Macabre ArenaThe First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...
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Categories:
war, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form:
Ballad
The HomecomingIt was in late October in the year nineteen seventy three
That the war in South Vietnam was finally over for me
I boarded the seven o...
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Categories:
war, america, father, home, mother,
Form:
Narrative
Streets of BloodStreets 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:
hate, love, peace, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Achilles, the Journey To Troy, Part TwoAchilles, The Journey To Troy,
(Part Two) of (Part One-titled, Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal)
Achilles, The Journey To Troy
Woe! wretched horrors Olympic gods...
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Categories:
war, art, death, hero, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
Thoughts From the BattlefieldIn sandy dunes on my back I lie
Dreaming of warm beaches, blue sky
And a girl named Lorelei
On memories I fly
War seen from on high
I...
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Categories:
memory, war,
Form:
Nonet
September 1945red rooftops appear to glow in rainy-day haze
lost in memories of pre-war bliss
she looks up to watch them bleed
pain is...
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Categories:
longing, war,
Form:
Free verse
SophieSophie Scholl was raised a Christian in a Lutheran family
Born in the town of Forchtenberg in south west Germany
For standing defiant against evil with her...
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Categories:
war, death, girl, inspirational, rose,
Form:
Narrative
Humanity Keeps Bleeding“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
Plato
Politicians keep lying
Hate keeps breeding
Jets keep firing
Babies keep dying
Mothers keep crying
Homes keep tumbling
Hope keeps crumbling
Time keeps ticking
Injustice...
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Categories:
humanity, introspection, war,
Form:
Monorhyme
Fall of the Willow's LeafAh, weeping leaf I feel your grief
as Autumn hides the sun in clouds;
battalion’s shadow, like a thief,
disguised in dark-sky nimbus shrouds
have...
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Categories:
war, angst, autumn, conflict, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
SoldThere is no difference,
the saints whisper and every enemy and ally
wake to forever’s difference,
that neither knee nor tongue will deny.
Doubt bit into Innocence and sold
the...
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Categories:
war, bible, christian, corruption, god,
Form:
Didactic
Cora's ClotheslineWhat softness in silence amidst the cacophony of a spin cycle world war.
Lying next to your glow in sleep's stillness, careful of your bandaged hand.
Watching...
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Categories:
war, desire, heart, innocence, june,
Form:
Narrative
The Butcher CameThe butcher came for the sheep
the...
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Categories:
war, angst, bullying, conflict, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Robot RevolutionAbandon futile attempts to run
Behold the process has begun
Step toward your darkest fear
Let’s flip the switch to a new frontier
Penetrating deep within
Evacuate your mortal sin
This...
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Categories:
war, computer, dark, science fiction,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
society, war,
Form:
Ballad
God Bless AmericaIn the courts of sport and entertainment
They have forgotten the scales of justice
Lacking honor for those who gave life and limb
Sacrificing blood, and buried with...
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Categories:
war, america, basketball, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
When the Flowers of Youth FellWhen the Flowers of Youth Fell
Winter stayed late that year
courting Spring with a fury.
Beautiful gifts of snow
and dazzling ice, he gave her.
It was during such...
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Categories:
seasons, time, war,
Form:
Free verse
A Thing of Beauty=================================
A thing of beauty on her wrist
was confiscated by a nurse
who looked for items soldiers missed
in places (and by means) much worse.
They branded her inside...
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Categories:
holocaust, thanks, war, world
Form:
Quatern
When Heaven and Earth WeptIn camps, they’d slaved and starved; cold nights, they’d slept -
Each woman, man, and little girl and boy.
Relentless horror had around them crept.
In camps, they’d...
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Categories:
angel, war,
Form:
Triolet
HopeYou see hope when two kids share marbles between a volatile border.
Date: 16/06/2017...
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Categories:
war, children, conflict, future, humanity,
Form:
Monoku