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Children War Poems

These Children War poems are examples of War poems about Children. These are the best examples of War Children poems written by international poets.

The narration of a common
“They are advancing” was the news told.
I knew I’ll perish before I’m old
But I didn’t want this to take place;
Towards no fire zone I hesitantly...

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Categories: war,

Premium Member Nevertheless
"Children of a lesser god:" a cliche,
Similar to "the road less travelled,"
Or the unintended irony of
"We're all in this together."  (Yes, people,
When in a...

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Categories: environment, god, humanity, war,
Ashira s Lullaby
God, protect your children
Keep them safe from harm
God, take your children
Welcome them into your arms

I am a child of betrayal
My innocence is their derail
God, can...

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Categories: war, child, fear, Lullaby, prayer,
Before The Gates Of Alahsar - Version - 2 - 23
Chapter..........1..........Part..........2..........3b.

The mounted riders, 
they speed forwards,
Turvehr did kick with heaven's power,
his mighty horn tearing and rending,
His eyes,
afire with hates desire,
his coat, 
it did shine like...

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Categories: war, dark, death, dream, fantasy,
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: The Parting
Der Abschied (“The Parting”)
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

We embrace;
my fingers trace
rich cloth
while yours encounter only moth-
eaten fabric.
A quick hug:
you were invited to...

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Categories: friendship, holocaust, leaving, war,

A war without guns
A war without gun send the people on the  run.
A war without gun thats the best thing that the world could have done.No guns,...

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Categories: war, america, break up, community,
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: The Burning of the Books
Die Bücherverbrennung ("The Burning of the Books")
by Bertolt Brecht
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

When the Regime
commanded the unlawful books to be burned,
teams of dull oxen...

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Categories: war, books, fire, holocaust, voice,
Premium Member Child Soldiers
How tragic, 
   innocent kids
      as young
         as nine years...

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Categories: war, abuse, anger, children, horror,
Premium Member Good Night Frozen Landscape
Another overwhelming day passed in the pastures of plenty

The scene was tired and did not warrant a space on the news

Just one more place with...

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Categories: war,
Beatles And Beatniks
It might be difficult for those growing up in the 50s and 60s            ...

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Categories: america, change, fear, war,
When children and adults were not at war
There once was a point in time and space,
When children and adults were not at war,
When children were free to explore,
When adults were far enough...

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Categories: war, 1st grade, appreciation, blessing,
Premium Member DISUNITY THEN UNITY
DISUNITY THEN UNITY
 
Last Episode of Pure Fantasy.

Fireball always seems to take center stage,
Except in the last episode it was with absolute rage,
Echoman has secretly...

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Categories: universe, war,
Pulwama War on the road
THERE IS BLOOD IN MY TEARS…….MOTHER INDIA
                  ...

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Categories: war, angst, crazy, death, fate,
Child Soldier
My village was dusty and burning
Everyone was screaming and running
I stood dumb in the chaos, my eyes rolling
Tried to listen out for mother’s calling

The noise...

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Categories: war, africa, child, child abuse,
A Pool of Blood
Blood spilling in the east running all the way to the west
Forming rivers of doubt in the north and South
An army of men converge along...

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Categories: war, change, city, conflict, courage,
Premium Member War and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals


War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19th-century Russian culture...

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Categories: war, allegory, angst, life, marriage,
The Curse of Conquerors Past, Part IV
...“You know that I didn’t start out this way,
and this life I have never desired,
I just wanted to discover the past,
to my mind no calling...

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Categories: war, adventure, conflict, dark, evil,
Blindness
I no longer see the world- as you do
yet, I remember it well-
blue skies, fluffy clouds, a bright sun
rain, hail, thunder and snow
Now I can...

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Categories: war, beauty, children, creation, death,
War in the Distance is Better
This chair has chipped paint.     
Its shadow gangly 
in the light spilling through 
the window. A deep 
buttercup bisque steeps.

Through this...

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Categories: war, allusion, angst, august, autumn,
Work sets you free 
No words describe, 
sufferings worse than hell,
Goes beyond pure evil, 
even a story cannot tell,
We’ve all seen pictures, 
making grotesque sense,
But only the stench, 
reflects...

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Categories: war, abuse, conflict, dark, fate,