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.
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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allegory, anger, nature, pollution,
Dunkirk
Epitome bounds
useless waste sacrifices
will we ever learn?
our future movers, shakers
laid to a restless unknown...
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age, america, betrayal, death,
rotate consciousness
forgive all evil...
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humanity, trust, war,
Childhood Nostalgia
Once when just a boy
we went out picking berries,
I was perhaps three;
me, my mom, and two sisters
all the family I knew.
I recall when mom
taught me...
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adventure, childhood, emotions, feelings,
Categories:
allusion, truth, war,
Vicious Circleto be immortal
strange wish for the human race
history repeats
lessons misplaced by culture
still---war supersedes logic
© Harry J Horsman 2022
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angst, time,
A child smile boosting war willDeath terror stood still,
Looked askance warring evil,
From a pile of ruin
Amidst war’s terrible scene,
A child’s smile when lifted will.
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Tanka |05.03.2022| war
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war,
Spirit lives amidst deathTheir pride was wounded,
And the win turned pyrrhic red,
Felt nigh defeated
When they saw some hands wave flags
O from a pile of dead rags.
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Tanka |04.03.2022|...
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pride, war,
The Strong Belief of Senator Hiram Warren Johnson
Johnson believed that
war’s proponents use falsehood
to garner support . . .
this wise man died the same day
the atomic bomb got dropped
April 5, 2022
For Sotto Poet's...
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war,
Spartans BridgeThe hammer rises
The sickle moves to mow down…
Ukraine Europe’s shield
The USSR reborn
Never did disintegrate.
© Harry J Horsman 2022
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war,
Transmutation
Weapons of war launch,
Stirred up anger and violence,
Unyielding forces,
Relentless arbitration,
Perpetual peace envisaged.
March 5, 2022.
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anger, hate, peace, violence,
putin the boot in
vlads terrible shame
invading...
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allusion, betrayal, war,
only time to burnMeg often told Josh
to try to be less reckless
but Josh had panache
when dealing with dangerous
too often being feckless
since days of sixth grade
their hands often intertwined
Meg...
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angst, change, conflict, loss,
the stakeslosing at some game
produces very little shame
no one else to blame
pride quite easy to reclaim
nothing ventured nothing gained
big or little stakes
wagers may keep minds awake
or...
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fate, loss, lost, perspective,
deceptionbad situations
active imaginations
can kill relations
creating conspiracies
with broad designs to deceive
bloody mockery
shinigami lottery
a dichotomy
of preaching false brotherhood
so others will do no good
trying to obscure
real truths which...
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Categories:
allusion, truth, war,