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Short World War I poem by Jackson LaBaugh| Details |

Haiku for Alphabet Soup

My alphabet soup,
it is getting very cold,
my microwave broke.

Short World War I poem by Rhoda Monihan| Details |

The Queen at the Cenotaph

Is there no blacker shade of black,
For my suit, in order to look back?

Short World War I poem by ismath haakifa| Details |

the sunken city

Afar in gusty plains,

Moved a massive silhouette

of the sunken city.

-Ism

Short World War I poem by Mikayla Borchard| Details |

ANZAC Acrostic

Amazingly courageous 
Never give up
Zero percent selfish
Always remembered
Caring souls

Short World War I poem by Volodymyr Knyr| Details |

A hebrewed warfare

Not every warfare that there and here brewed 
was always hybrid or aka hebrewed.

Volodymyr Knyr
2017

Short World War I poem by Jeff Martin| Details |

Tommy Atkins

Look at Tommy go. 
See Tommy fall, 
row after row. 
Cut down by Maxim guns. 
Sacrificial victims for the Huns.

Short World War I poem by elliot joyce| Details |

The world war II

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

Short World War I poem by linda williams| Details |

Army

All the training Is done
Action must be taken
Alliances are formed
Ammunition is checked
Armed and ready to fight
Allies stand together
Another day at war

11/8/16

Pleiades -A contest

Short World War I poem by elliot joyce| Details |

world war 2

Men shooting,
bullets flying,
bombs exploding,
guts spraying,
limbs falling,
blood raining,
people dieing,
letters sending,
women crying,
bodys burying,
children thinking,
earth changing.

Short World War I poem by elliot joyce| Details |

The great war

Men shooting,
bullets flying,
people sheltering,
Ground exploding,
people soreing,
blood splattering,
body burying,
letter sending,
familys crying,
war ending,
people forgetting.
by Poppy

Short World War I poem by Julie Grenness | Details |

ANZAC DAY

As we commemorate this Anzac Day,
We shall remember them this way,
Forever asleep, young and brave,
Heroes now resting in foreign graves,
We thank them for our freedom today,
Forever asleep, always young and brave.

Short World War I poem by elliot joyce| Details |

world war ll

triggers clicking,
men shooting,
bullets flying,
bombs dropping,
trees snapping,
people dying,
letters sending,
women crying,
children crying,
tears falling,
ground soaking,
peace starting,
children learning.

Short World War I poem by Elissa Quigley| Details |

snow covered lie

White ash falls
settling on the ruin of disaster
the tomb of the newly dead,
the death of those still standing.
A forgotten story,
a lost tale,
the remains of madness,
cased by the white blanket covering the scarred land.

Short World War I poem by EdwardJ Clark| Details |

Triolet:Fix Bayonets

Fix bayonets to fight the foe,
Over the 'top' to sound of shell.
Village men of Fingeringhoe
Fix bayonets to fight the foe.
Fighting for King and country lo!
Trench warfare sure is swell
Fix bayonets to fight the foe
Over the 'top' to sound of shell.

Short World War I poem by Gary Smith| Details |

The Carpenters




 

We thought we were invincible,

Fearless, there we stood.

But somewhere to the rear

We heard someone sawing wood.

It was over the top for us,

A fight was in the offing.

But not for the carpenters,

They were busy, making coffins.

Short World War I poem by Philip Sembert| Details |

2016 - Continuity

The men are not made by war,
But our Kingdom is always tore.
Why must we always hate?
Can we not have a different fate?

Revolution of the young,
Will bring about change - sure to come.
O where is the next silver tongue?
When they be found beat the drum-

Philip Sembert II

Short World War I poem by Mikayla Borchard| Details |

I Wish

I wish the world was peaceful
And no one had to die
I wish to banish agony and pain
So no one had to cry
I wish for no violence
No shrapnel in the thigh
I wish for more respect in the world
So soldiers could get by
I wish the world was pure and good 
So no one had reason to lie

Short World War I poem by linda williams| Details |

The flower of the nations youth

The Flower of the nations youth, 
died in the war.
The price that we paid in blood 
heavily we bore.
Now every year red poppies 
we lay on their grave
There is no denying 
everyone of them was brave.
We will stand quietly 
on a cold November day.
Bow our heads respectfully
and silently pray.

Short World War I poem by David Bose| Details |

Armistice

Eleventh hour—
	young men perished,
	their hopes and dreams all lost:
	Ypres, The Marne, Verdun

of the
Eleventh day—
	silent, fell guns,
	and stillness took the front:
	Argonne, Belleau Wood, Amiens

of the
Eleventh month—
	the war men claimed
	would end all others:
	sadly, it did not

Short World War I poem by BRELLIAN JOHNSON| Details |

Annoying Wars

Its here again
Why though?
Oh how we wonder 

Death is near 
A cupidity for creating cadavers
Oh the sorrow and fear 

Once again 
So many lives 
They meet their end

Terror and horror faced 
Only to get what
With honor they are graced

Dead are stars 
Over foolish things
Comes annoying wars

Short World War I poem by stephen stewart| Details |

The changing of days

Let us give up this time,
to give glory and praise.
To the world all around us,
to the changing of days.
We were born to be one,
to unite and hold hands.
But the war it continues,
still dividing the lands.
Such a sad time of year,
for the lonely and old,
Nothing worth giving in to.
nothing left to withhold.

Short World War I poem by stephen pennell | Details |

Love without hope

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Trenches filled with a nations youth and homes with broken dreams 
No golden years are guaranteed when the queen  calls your name
No wedding days and two up two downs and gardens neat and  clean
Just stolen lives an empty chair and a letter from the queen   





24032016 read what quatrain is, prob nothing like but 1st go

Short World War I poem by Allison Shao| Details |

The Great War

I am a storyteller
Yet I cannot see very well
For my eyes betray me 
With images of no man's land
For I am no veteran 
As I have not seen what they have 
Yet it's as if I've been there
Every step of the way
For my ears ring with shell shock 
And my feet drag with mud
For which I hope 
To you all
That none of you follow me 
Through this Great War

Short World War I poem by Ambica Govind| Details |

This Age

They drew boundaries on my heart
They carved up land apart
They made realms of their own
And left the rest forlorn

So-called countries they all made
With a resolve to invade
With firearms, bombs and weapons,
Gone was the earthly heaven

Brotherhood, love, sacrifice
Displaced with many a vice

Tell me now, O friend,
Will they divide themselves?

Short World War I poem by Paul Warren| Details |

The Last Cigarette

He'd been out of the line 
For his Blighty leave
And had marched up
To the duckboards

But before he could 
Start the last trudge forward
He need a cigarette
So he propped on his rifle

And tried to roll one out
But his hands were shaking
So much he couldn't get it done
So he picked himself up 

And went forward anyway.

© Paul Warren Poetry

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