Best War Poetry
Below are the all-time best War Poetry poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of war poetry poems written by PoetrySoup members
no heroes - WWI -
heroes?
there are none here, now ... ever ...
don’t feign to look, for your eyes will
...
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Categories:
war poetry, appreciation, introspection, life, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
Where the Poppies GrowWhere the Poppies Grow
Just a boy who left his home
Died far away so all alone
Oh Lad where did you go
I see you where the poppies...
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Categories:
war poetry, death, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Life In a Liquor BottleHe dives into a liquor bottle, and
Zigzags like a snake on the sand.
A wife waits for her hero,
But who comes as a zero.
Obscenities ooze from...
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Categories:
war poetry, life,
Form:
Limerick
travel lightHer small angelic face ...
Once a place where broad smiles bloomed like butterflies on marigolds,
is streaked with the furrows that countless tears have etched into...
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Categories:
war poetry, child, conflict, courage, war,
Form:
Free verse
Travel Light* This poem was written for a contest originally, but was used by Professor Anne-Marie Thornton of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, to teach her...
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Categories:
war poetry, child, children, loss, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
War Inside My Brain 2003George W.Bush's brain.
Hey! There's a war going on inside my brain.
Bombs are dropping, bullets fying.
When does it stop?
Saddam Hussein's in prison now.
When does he...
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Categories:
war poetry, society, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
On Mountain Kilimanjaro DraftingOn the point of mountain Kilimanjaro with my paints, pencils, rulers and brushes looking at the entire Africa. Many pictures of more than fifteen...
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Categories:
war poetry, 12th grade, africa, art,
Form:
Free verse
KarithandanLife lays mines of challenge on his way,
but Karithandan is a tough warrior.
An English engineer whirls in the current
of confusion at the foot of the...
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Categories:
war poetry, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Indian SinghHiding in the trench in the French sand,
Indian Singh fights like a British soldier.
It seems it is the ending of the universe.
Dark curls of smoke...
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Categories:
war poetry, war, universe, , memorial,
Form:
Free verse
Israel and PalestineI feel to say,
I feel to say loud ,
loudly today
But If I say the truth
Many people won't see this injustice.
Why mass killings...
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Categories:
war poetry, love, peace, war,
Form:
Free verse
War IsWar Is...
War is unkind to servicemen, women, animals, flora, fauna, nature's terrains, seas, atmospheres, and everything else
War is unjust and unethical to everyone
War is the...
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Categories:
war poetry, adventure, conflict, confusion, courage,
Form:
List
What Is Making Him Feel To Be the Enemy of EveryoneWhat is making him feel
to be the enemy of everyone?
He plays war games
in the world and mean
protecting his people.
He put military...
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Categories:
war poetry, angst, war,
Form:
Free verse
Peace MovementsPeace Movements
A mentor of mine once tasked me
to do three things each day
for others….and not get found out.
Being a slightly egocentric,
self – centered….DO WHAT!!!
kinda guy...
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Categories:
war poetry, peace, war, universe,
Form:
Free verse
1861Silent, dawn crept low and solemn
Over the Virginia valley
The misty orange haze of a pale sunrise
Cloaking the farmer's field
Blue and Gray, mixed with red
Life fleeing...
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Categories:
war poetry, america, brother, change, conflict,
Form:
Ballad
Categories:
war poetry, courage, death, poetry, veterans
Form:
Haiku