War Poems - Examples of all types of war poetry to share and read. This list of war poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Warfare is an inherent part of life and writing about the sufferings and casualties of these conflicts in the form of beautiful and inspiring poems is just as natural. From the civil war to the Vietnam War and beyond, there have been many wars that have wreaked havoc on civilian life and the lives of soldiers. War poems detail the emotions of these events from the perspective of the combatant and human experience. Read
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If I Were The AntiChristIf I were the Antichrist,
I would wait and watch,
When God gets tired of humanity
He would unleash me, his scourge.
I would begin by encouraging 'peace'
After all I know all tongues,
I would ban all forms of currency,
Take...
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Categories:
war, allah, bible, heaven, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
America Never LearnsThe powerful have bombs
the students have voices
enough is enough they say
University campuses unite
A map in the year of 1947
tells a story no one in the west
really wants to hear
thieves on stolen lands
America, professional bombers
Iraq, Libya,...
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Categories:
child abuse, evil, war,
Form: Free verse
A Wider Beam
Night after night, images flicker on the tube
Horrific images of ‘the enemy’ dying
Dying ‘Agent-Orange’ deaths
...
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Categories:
war, death, history, horror, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Semper AlumnusThank you God
That I’m always a student
I abhor
The slaughters of the babies
Toddlers were killed dead
Young boys and girls were shot dead
Pregnant women were stabbed dead
That’s terror
Young men were executed
Young women were raped and killed
That’s horror
Women...
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Categories:
war, bullying, cancer, child abuse,
Form: Haiku
'Pier-less'
Laying the ground in Gaza
for a humanitarian pier
attacked by terrorist explosives today
though the world does not find that...
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Categories:
war, abuse, anti bullying, care,
Form: Rhyme
America's Decency's GoneWhere has America’s decency gone
Long time passing
All the folks who support Hamas
would thrill to Auschwitz’ gassings
Hamas rapes, burns and slaughters Jews
...
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Categories:
war, america, memory, motivation, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Don't worry about the warDon’t worry about the Ukraine,
Don’t worry at all they said,
None of our boys are among the killed,
No one who matters is dead....
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Categories:
death, political, war,
Form: Rhyme
The ugly head of antisemitismIt's hard to fathom that in 2024,
the ugliness of antisemitism has
reared it's head once more..
Campus students need to
change their perspective.
It's not the Jewish peoples fault
whom Israel elected..
Netanyahu failed to keep his people safe
and...
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Categories:
war, america, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
West Philippines Sea TensionI have foreboding
My country is in frontline
Of war that's brewing.
...
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Categories:
fear, feelings, perspective, war,
Form: Haiku
signed to the message
do your bit for king and country.
are you a coward?
or are you brave?
so now is the time to sacrifice
you don`t want to let your mates down
it`s a kinship of the soul
you know that’s the Australian...
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Categories:
memorial, war,
Form: Free verse
under a Turkish sun
a boys own adventure has now begun
on a beach blazed under a Turkish sun
we`re here to take land from the evil Hun
and are told we are doing this for everyone
orders were given from the mother...
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Categories:
memorial, war,
Form: Rhyme
What Wars GetWe suffer what wars get
Can't forget each dying face
Taste the bitter-sweet....
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Categories:
abuse, anger, death, war,
Form: Haiku
HOLY WAR FOR A HOLY LAND
One day after Earth Day…thinking about what Earth Day is celebrated for…
I’m also thinking about all the children on opposite sides of a war
Thinking of all the horrors on this Earth with which they must...
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Categories:
war,
Form: Rhyme
Border-lieA border is a line drawn in the sand
Constantly shifting if you have time to see
A personality is a borderline ebbing
Time ceaselessly flowing us away
One side unreachable as the far shore
The other, all that...
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Categories:
war, extended metaphor, planet, space,
Form: Free verse
Wishing for DawnMadness I see about me everywhere.
I think by now we’re past the Aquarius phase.
I want to speak out, but do I dare?
So easily offended are folks these days.
How much longer will the nonsense stand?
Any politician...
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Categories:
rights, war,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of War Poems
Read wonderful war poetry on the following sub-topics:
anti, biological, brave, children, civil, cold war, cyber, economic, history, kids, nuclear, peace, political, sad, soldier, spanish, time, vietnam, world, ww1, ww2
and more.
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