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.
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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Categories:
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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Categories:
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,
DunkirkEpitome bounds
useless waste sacrifices
will we ever learn?
our future movers, shakers
laid to a restless unknown...
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Categories:
age, america, betrayal, death,
Rotate Consciousnessforgive all evil
go on turn the other cheek
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Categories:
humanity, trust, war,
Childhood NostalgiaWhen I was a child,
I went picking blueberries,
I was perhaps three.
My mom and two sisters were
all the family I knew.
I recall when mom
taught me to...
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Categories:
adventure, childhood, emotions, feelings,
Fallout From Satan Iibrilliant flash eyes blind
split firmament nuclear blast
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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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Categories:
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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Categories:
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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Categories:
pride, war,