War Tanka Poems
These War Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about War. These are the best examples of Tanka War poems written by international poets.
The drone of birds in war offensive-----------------------------------------
The drone of birds in war offensive
hear the drone of war
pity the birds, amassing
way out there someplace,
they'll be back in droves to drone
the piteous drum...
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bird, war,
THE ABSURDITY OF WARRING FOR PEACEEvilly absurd,
Bombing lives doesn’t win peace;
Just wishful power:-
War and peace are antonyms.
You can’t make them synonyms:-
War can not bring peace,
Just collateral damage,
And high death rates:-
Peace...
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allegory, death, life, love,
GOD'S FLOWERSGOD'S FLOWERS
We're not buds of war,
we're the flowers of God,
scented with his love.
The world is God's garden.
We must fruit it with world peace:-
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allegory,
ERUPTING WORLD WARSPandemic warring,
Human nature’s volcanic
Lava flow of hate;
Scorching love with agony:
Her world’s peace flowing away:-
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allegory,
Written in Response to Pensive Solitude on The Eve of This Night RevisitedAn outcast this night,
I mournfully sigh with gloom:
but, I make war, fight!
to defeat my rising doom,
and defend my haunted tomb.
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depression, loneliness, lonely, longing,
IN AND OF CREATION'S RESPONSIBILITYGod simply whispered,
“...Be light…”! And here we all are:
All engaged in war:
A world created in love;
Peacefully from up above:-
Why can’t we not see,
A world given...
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allegory, god, gospel, life,
IN AND OF CREATION'S RESPONSIBILITYGod simply whispered,
“...be light…”! and here we all are:
all engaged in war:
A world created in love;
Peacefully from up above:-
Why can’t we not see,
A world given...
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allegory, creation, life, love,
Categories:
war,
From Those Who Were ThereSo you are aware:
This is what a war looks like,
from those who were there.
It's not just from those who fight,
but those with reason to care.
Leaders...
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Categories:
conflict, corruption, death, grief,
Plus Preposition: Per ResolveI: ? Resolve
kids all playing ball
old friends laughing of old times
couples holding hands
a lone man sits wandering
face dried of tears dons a smile
II: ? Resolve
white...
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analogy,
STORM
Somber summer storm
Teases dark clouds with lightning
Orthodox at first-
Reforms with loud thunder booms
Morphing war midst armored skies
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sky, storm, war,
Constantine and the fiery signA solar halo
Sol Invictus blistering
Or the cross blazing
Burning for roman bloodshed
Who in truth was Cain scheming
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Categories:
fire, light, miracle, sun,
Categories:
new year, war, winter,
Why Are We Hereso, why are we here?
this existential question,
enduring, complex.
the answer? LOVE. without...
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Categories:
god, humanity, life, love,
A PresageThe scorching sunbeams
Envelop this atmosphere
In no time, for sure,
As if Nature is about
To blow her bugle of war....
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Categories:
allegory, anger, nature, pollution,