History War Poems | Examples

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


Premium MemberWord Strokes

There are strokes that come from various
 sources 
These strokes can be words that turns to
 strikes
There are words that hit harder the first of a
 pugilist
And there are words that calm the nerves like 
 a balm
We are all wordsmiths mastering our trade with
 strokes
Some of the words uttered carelessly have caused
  wars
While some carefully grafted words has ceased
 strife 
History has an array of predilection of such 
  issues.
We carefully and judiciously use the resources 
  of the word we have.
  (Written on the 8th of September, 2026)


Premium MemberNostradamus

Nostradamus - 
more prophetic that host o' llamas; 
his predictions would stun.
He said there'd be a war - a big one!

Premium MemberAlan Turing

Alan Turing, 
in history you were securing
the place that you would be taking
by vital and ingenious code breaking.

Premium MemberViet Nam War

The Vietnam War was on the news when I was in high school
The ones who got sent over to be fodder were from poor counties
Sons of congressmen and senators were not drafted
But other men were readily plucked up and sent over

To morbidly hot jungles full of mosquitos and the enemy
More got blown up or killed than came home intact
If they went over as an officer, they were killed by their own men
Usually in eight minutes

Why? Because if there is no officer to lead, you do not have to fight
Many of these young men were not fighters, they did not want to be soldiers
They had been involuntarily drafted, with little training
If they lasted one year, they could return. Most did not make it.

Premium MemberRemembrance Day

I remember, 
  Lestweforget, 
And the phrase: 
  Between the wars, 
Said during: 
  Times of peace.


Premium MemberWhat Happened Two Hundred Fifty Years Ago? A Small Win?

Did the Yankees win?  

Without sin  

Challenging monarchy rule  

Characterizing King as a fool  

Escaping angry courts  

Exploring adventurous ports  

They came to a new world  

Searching for patriotic pearls  

Combatting rag tag war  

Against red coated boars  

Who thought they knew best  

Putting rebellious subjects under arrest  

Charging them for throwing tea  

Into the Boston Harbor Sea  

Defined as freedom of speech 

Protest reached  

Many others  

American brothers 

Wanting representation when taxed  

Stating facts  

Until the royals surrendered  

Historians remember

Premium MemberYou Won't Get This with Ken Burns

A Mount Vernon daddy long-legs
was pregnant with ten thousand eggs.
You might call what she did a shameful deed
with a Monticello centipede, 
and yet...not long after Valley Forge,
that monstrous army defeated a proud King George.

Premium MemberWAR

NELLA’S BLESSING

Today is a good day to remember the words of John Steinbeck
as we watch our democracy being dismantled…
for the sake of one man’s immortality…

“A society of free individuals is stronger in the long run
Than a totalitarian power dependent on herd mentality.”

If history is any indication…we know what is in store
because it is always the herd men and women who win the battles…
but free men and women who win the wars.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member'Day of Infamy' - Lock 'em up

~~ December 7 is Pearl Harbor Day ~~
  

       Pearl Harbor Day is here 
          ‘Day of Infamy’
             in American History

       And yet, I bet
          Most today forget
             our Dec. 8 mindset:
       Outraged and out for blood

          To be Japanese in America
             was to be human mud

     We showed those Japs
          Locked ‘em away
      In internment camps 
          For three years and a day

      And now, 84 years later
          Are we any better today

Premium MemberIn Death, Can Respite Lie

 
     So much hatred in the world
       Nary a banner humbly unfurled 
     From the leaders on down 
       Reason on lockdown… 

     War, blood and guts thrive 
        In every century well and alive
      In death, can respite ever lie 
        when bullets and bombs darken the sky

Premium Member1429

Heroine of France
Fair Joan did England falter
Now Charles takes up throne

Premium MemberThe Selfish Egos of War

The selfish egos of war
comes not from birth, rather chaos
and the turmoils of life
These corruptors of history are us!
And warrants our demise
While we dig graves to bury our dead
We turn, wearing our disguise of greed and deceit
Their blood washes through our hands
It drips from our veins and crawls like a vine
    Armies parade, bring out the band
So we can bow our heads for the loss of life
and celebrate the marble stones all in a row
      We, the people, are the selfish egos of war

Premium Memberneed not be conspiracy

need not be conspiracy 
nor parade of lunacy
or ignore bear 
and fold in despair
putin put in prison
with warlords clinton bush 
obama trump biden
to gehenna all push
this coincidence 
though not providence
consequences still apply 
when russians die 
iranian friends fry 
hezballah hamas fail 
gazans who live do so in hell 
created by modern israel 
who is loved by corina machado 
asking hatchet for maduro machado
and gives aid to our good saint zel
so progressives pink washed
don't want you be squashed
but let this sink in
as advocate violence
and boost cause silence
merrikka israel win
time after time again
for sake of all love god
don't be a brain clod
while ukraine remains cannon fod

Premium MemberBenedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold 
took a bride
who batted her eyes,
and said, "which side?"
"the Brits?", he slowly uttered -
knowing which side his bread was buttered.

Premium MemberDarkest Hour

Though blitzkrieg bombs drop like rain
We Brits shall smile with shear disdain
My Cuban cigar now bursts aflame
Like a dawn that ends our darkest hour
And burnt tobacco falls from its tip
Like future Nazi ashes they drip
From the bloody jaws of victory we will snatch defeat
I shall grab my bowler and cane to stroll down Downing Street.

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