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War. Poems - Poems about War.

Life is a battlefield
This life is a fierce battlefield, Little did I know before my birth, My weapons should have been better honed, So no earthly force could conquer me. Friends I made while I was nobody, Turned to foes when I sought to be somebody, Those I loved with all my heart and soul Blew pepper in my eyes when vision blurred. Deceit...

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Categories: war., extended metaphor, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
War
WAR Scattered around is destruction and debris blast- Things rendered shapeless and futile ,but to ooze Disgust and infinitely depressing misery profuse; What was a pleasure and intact heaven, is lost ! Paralysed life and sickly breath is just a doom; What came up in the spirit and sprouts of affinity, And the blooming faith finds its end to...

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Categories: war., war,
Form: Lyric



The CIA
I wore no uniform— just silence and suits. A ghost in global rooms, a whisper behind the curtain. I was a civilian, but my job was war. They called it "analysis," but what I did was study souls. The psychology of power— Presidents, rebels, kings. We knew their childhoods, their fears, their fault lines. I was trained to see through smiles. To know, from a handshake, what could break a man. Africa. We...

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Categories: war., abuse, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
The War on Russia
This war was not born in the fields of Ukraine, But in boardrooms, treaties, and promises betrayed. In 1990, beneath quiet lamps and whispered words, The West told Russia, “No inch eastward.” History remembers. Power forgets. Then came the boots of NATO, Not with bombs, but with intent— Expanding silently, Like shadows stretching across time. Each step east, each vow broken, Tightened the circle until it...

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Categories: war., betrayal, conflict, war,
Form: Free verse
Dragon Tongue
Dragon tongue Ill be your dragon I see your smile Through your alien face I didn't mean to abandon you In time when the army needs us most Without the mass graves How can we take this land Just leave em for dead But don't kill them That beautiful spot On the hill with the flowers in bloom Now could be someone's tomb Forfeit the blue...

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Categories: war., abuse, chocolate, sky, words,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Gunner
Gunner What has woken you, Gunner? What is it you hear? Can you sense the beat of heavy engines drawing near? There’s been no alert, Gunner, the lads are all at ease. But you know something’s up, don’t you? Won’t you tell us please? I heard that little growl, Gunner, low and in your chest. Is the time right now, Gunner?...

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Categories: war., dog, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 'STEM' means Stagnation
The most popular educational trend Courses labeled as ‘STEM’ Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Offerings that lead to destruction and wrath Nuclear fusion and fission they...

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Categories: war., education, irony, science, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member War
A cloud bursts, and the earth drinks -- the sun shines, and the earth ripens; the moon, sanctuary of werewolves and Love, keeps alive our fictions. ...

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Categories: war., character, environment, humanity, introspection,
Form: Free verse
ALL FAIR IN WAR
He told me all is fair in war, that he studied all of our wars. That when they take over, everything will belong to them. He told me, when a new culture of government takes over they instill all of their laws and cultures, making all the old ones cancelled. All is fair in war...

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Categories: war., america, future, psychological, woman,
Form: Rhyme
The Warrior
She saw him standing at the waters edge crashing waves on splintered ledge they were are sharp as a razor knife they were as echoes , of a shattered life but she saw him walking back to rest towards the purple dew caress so she told of new days , where revealed and she gave him armor, and his shield she saw...

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Categories: war., future, war, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Pete Seeger
Is a picture worth a thousand words? Is it the same with a song? Is it worth a thousand pictures? Who can deny the powerful images evoked from Songs of Struggle and Protest – a forte of common humanity? A song can paint optimism, commitment, and a desire for peace, freedom, and the right to live without …Your Millions, Mister. A piece of...

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Categories: war., courage, emotions, environment, future,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member 'Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue'
Border surveillance female scouts their warnings unheeded about an attack, imminent, from Gazan Hamasniks IDF superiors pooh-poohed the risks Prime Minister Netanyahu ignored their reports ...

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Categories: war., irony, jewish, judgement, military,
Form: Couplet
The End of an Era: A Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu, you once stood as a symbol of Israel’s resolve, but power gained through fear and manipulation is a flame that burns its master first. You rose through the ranks on speeches of security and pride, but history has already spoken— the tears of Gaza will not be washed away by silence. Every forty-five minutes, a child died, and the world watched— but the...

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Categories: war., conflict, god, history, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 1776-
the smell of smoke a token of a battle a war freedoms war cry ~ war tween states, country they want dire freedom hosted war of seventeen- ~ seventy-six year tea crates thrown in harbor seas fights America 07/14/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025© ...

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Categories: war., adventure, analogy, conflict, corruption,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Bird
Did not the Bird, warn us, by his airs? Fewer by day...more by night – the owls survive longer! Did not rodents warn us? Depleted by owls, they both now suffer. Better men open their eyes to Light – for, even swooping shadows, will not long survive such night…....

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Categories: war., abuse, bird, christian, community,
Form: Free verse

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