War Free Verse Poems

what appeared to be poisonous was merely phosphorus
deeply tattooed into the warrior’s skin from an ambush
in the land of never-ending wars against imagined foes
with a...

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Tie my hands so I may not touch others with potent realities
Bind me from what transpires about        ...

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Look around, an era of strife,
Yet God still plans to bless our life.
This season brings abundant grace,
As trials and changes, we continue to embrace.

Progress on,...

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When I was in Atlantis,
We walked not on ground, but upon fields of light.
The air itself knew our names —
And the stars bent low to...

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No Matter Which Side
by Malabika

A mother weeps beneath the smoke,
Her hands still clutch a thread of hope.
The sky does not ask where she stands,
It only...

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When One Comes Home
by Malabika

The knock was soft, the world stood still,
A breath held tight against its will.
She opened wide the wooden door—
And there he...

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An untold story of black British history 

Throughout history our voices have been silenced 
But what happens When they take it further and murder us?
What...

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The west may be attacked in four years a German military
Officer advises.' This after forty years of enc-roaching
N a t o by extra-sizing..And three years...

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Recently, there was a subtled battle,
Between the sound from a shop and the piano.
At first, it was just a little issue,
Then it grew bigger and...

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Silence isn’t quiet —
it’s the scream stuck in my throat,
the venom dripping from broken teeth,
the promise shattered on cracked floors.

Your silence is a fist
beating against...

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Serried spirits walk on the wind

Paratrooper raindrops collecting courage before descent

Drunk off your paints, tasting life in your landscape 

Heart ablaze, my fantasies have been...

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Readying the cannon for war
Barricading the mind for battle
Protecting thy neck from the noose
Flexing my arms to brace for impact

Walking through trial’s gate 
Veering in...

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history reflects as...
a reverse-all of
some aspect of
who is what when 
and where...


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A Lament for Justice

They raised a flag of heaven blue
Over ashes not yet cold,
Spoke of peace with silver tongues
While selling souls for gold.

It was born...

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In her sixties, of Swedish descent, robustly built 
and amply breasted, the girth of her thighs bulging

under her white lab frock like a Henry Moore...

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