War Poems | Examples of War Poetry

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What makes it okay to bomb a nation? Kill so many who don’t have a station? Destroy a country, cities and families? Women, babies, children and men—all tragedies— Who never chose this war… suffer again and again. Across the globe, a catch twenty-two Do what I say, not as I do. What happened to the Fifth Commandment?, In a world where religion is...

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flames erupt blocking light bathed in ashes death ...

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our home grown monarch ...

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The night came with horrors Children of Palestine, those whose youth came to an end at bomb blast. Names forgotten on a trigger of a gun, WHOSE sons will never see the sun? Children of Gaza who ran after drones thinking they are toys Sounds of terror leaving limbs scattered like graffiti on burnt walls. children of Yemen, whose smiles faced...

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Peacefully they had marched on Voices raised, not fists Pleading for freedom, For a chance to breathe without fear. But what truly is freedom? Is it worth twelve million displaced souls Cities leveled into dust And dreams buried beneath rubble? What began as peaceful Became a wound the world blinked past Sores etched into memory Scars broadcast, then forgotten. The headlines have moved on But the grief remains Mothers...

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A battle set for a place and time Millions gather armed and ready Angels look on for the end times chime Victory is assured already The ground will get a crimson hue As prophecy comes into view The world shall know Whose kingdom has Gloryto show The battle's over, victory divine As people...

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cease gunshots need of hour embrace in love peace...

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Have you seen what's going on in Afghanistan and all that's gone wrong caused by the Taliban driving the country into rack and ruin with impunity is what they're doing it's what they've done it would be good to put them on the run better yet eliminate those Barbarians at the gate yes it would be best to dress each one in a suicide vest then blow their tiny minds up the...

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For “Light up the Lanterne" contest, Nette Onlad, sponsor 6/17/2025 CEASEFIRE peace hearts mend shadows fade hope blooms softly grace ...

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What truly is power Is it control or the silence that follows it? Is it born from bullets and broken promises Or from the love we dismiss as weakness? Can power ever be shared like bread split between hungry Sudanese hands as if leadership were a meal the poor can taste in equal halves? Or is power what poisons the soil the reason Sudanese...

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We are all poems in motion our beauty shaped by the choices we make the words we speak the paths we take. So let’s write something beautiful. Let’s choose peace instead of war kindness instead of cruelty love that doesn’t ask to be earned. Be a sonnet not a dirge carry hope in your lines leave room for others in your verses and rhythm that heals...

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Stop the War Stop the war — we cry to every sky, Where smoke replaces stars and children die. From Gaza’s grief to Iran’s silent screams, The world is choking on abandoned dreams. O Israel, lay down your wrathful hand, No justice blooms in blood-soaked sand. No future rises on a shattered wall, When vengeance is the only call. And you, O powers...

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One day a year to mark a sacrifice profound One day a year to visit the ground One day a year for the bugle to sound One day a year a nation’s memory is found Hardly enough for the terrible cost Hardly enough for the lives that were lost One day a year for the flags to adorn One day a year...

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