Short World War Poems

Short World War Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about World War by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about World War by length and keyword.


Premium Member Namesake

My grandfather's name
Was given to me at birth
To honor the man
That my father never knew
Having died in World War Two
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Tell-Tail Plume of Doom

Mushroom cloud plume of doom rose from Hiroshima, 6 August, 1945, Omen
-------------- 25 July 2017
Form: Cinquain

father part 2

...
"Mum?"
"Yes sweetie?"
"Where'd dad go?"
"THAT FAT DRUNKEN SLUM OF A SH-TFACED BEING LEFT FOR THE F-CKING MILKKK!!!!!"
"Damn."
Form:

The World War Ii

Men Shooting 
Bullets Rolling 
Guts Flying
Blood Raining
Ground Painting
Letters Sending 
Kids Crying
People learning
World Changing
Form: Narrative

Losing Hope

When we came on that train we go into the dark. 
To never see light again, to never see a familiar face, 
To starve, to cry, to slowly die.
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member Grim Reaper

Battle
of Britain-
futility
in the shadows of a 
world war

Totes Meer by Paul Nash
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=10547
Form: Ekphrasis

World Peace

I
We preach world peace, because it costs us little

II
If u can say "Welcome," or "Good Day" to those you dislike ... then peace has begun
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Somme 1916

Look at Tommy go Watch him fall in neat khaki rows Bravely led Tommy bravely bled 20,000 went over the top 20,000 lay dead
Form: Verse

Premium Member I Have Vitamin C In Droves

British found oodles of Vitamin C
In a place unknown by you and me.
Rose hip jam
That’s right ma’am.
During World War Two kept children healthy.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member One Slipper Has Survived

We still have one rose crystal slipper
eagerly presented to grandmother once upon a time
by a prince of a man, who left during World War II
never to return

Remembrance

Today we remember the fallen
on foreign fields that were trodden
     by armies at odds.
     Our wreaths laid on sods
will ensure they are never forgotten.
Form: Limerick

Beautiful Lies

Lies tempt souls to hate and fight peace
Lies corrupt and tensions increase
Lies strike at the heart
To rip lives apart
Tearing at sane minds, piece by piece
Form: Rhyme

Reporting From the Mosquito Front

A man with towel and cellphone
Returned with news, The enemy's gone!
Locking the bedroom door
He'd piled bodies on the floor
But Zweeee! He forgot one last one
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Bad News

I woke this morning, so happiLY
to the song of a bird in a tree.
My mood was diminished,
and breakfast not finished,
because the headline read "World War III".
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Home of Squanto and Tonto

There once was a place called Acirema
A ways from the sands of Ipanema
   The birthplace of Squanto
   The home of brave Tonto 
Backwards. it fought at Iwo Jima
Form: Limerick

Air Raid 1940

The drone of bombers 
In the night sky 
A wail of sirens 
From the terrified city
Where youth and innocence die.

W.A. CHOLT.  Copyright Fergal O Reilly  2018.
© W.A. Cholt  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Five Types Of War

Women Against Rapists Worried About Religion Wannabe Angry Realists Wasteful American Resources War Against Righteousness
Form: Verse

Premium Member Nuclear Wizards

Vampire Iran is sniffing out Israeli veins
Xi buzzards are circling the lotus Taiwan
Putin is feeding on the flesh of Ukraine 
Nuclear wizards are waving their wands.

Premium Member Fields of Poppies

Nature's most beautiful creation A field of poppies in a Belgium location World War One Fighting the Huns But the Spanish Flu was the next altercation
Form: Limerick

Premium Member An Unpainted Whore

When Russia inevitably evens the score
Ukraine will remain an unpainted whore
   To NATO unattractive
   Russia wary, reactive
Hiding in alleyways, pre-Third World War
Form: Limerick

Premium Member THE AGONY OF TODAY'S NATURING TIME

THE AGONY OF TODAY’S NATURING TIMES

Winter may be gone,
But springing world war is here;
Bombing away life:
Nuclear power mongers,
Exercising their nature:-
Form: Tanka

Life in 2024

Life in 2024 
.

Ethics only on board...
Educators are on roads......…
Rich always freaky..
Poor always shaky..
Frauds seems always happy
Life was in 2024 tragedy..
© Dr Suresh  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Life in 2024

Life in 2024 
.

Ethics only on board...
Educators are on roads......…
Rich always freaky..
Poor always shaky..
Frauds seems always happy
Life was in 2024 tragedy..
© Dr Suresh  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Martin and Lewis

Martin and Lewis two funny fellas A crazy person and singer from the 50s era Movies were hits Two silly twits Lightened things up after World War II terror
Form: Limerick

MY DREME

My Dream 


No
War
Vain
Pain in
The world
Peace rooms
Collect us all in together 
Harmony sings love songs so much
We live and let live with no war to wage to harm
Form: Fibonacci

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