Ww1 War Poems | Examples
These Ww1 War poems are examples of War poems about Ww1. These are the best examples of War Ww1 poems written by international poets.
Counting Numbers
750,000 dead in the Civil War
116,000 dead in WW1-The War to end all wars
420,000 dead in WW2-So much for ending war
38,000 dead in Korea-A police action
58,000 dead in ‘Nam-Save the world from communism
8,000 dead in Afghanistan/Iraq-Make the world safe from terrorism
?????? dead the next war-Make the world????????
When can we stop counting?
They were always man’s best friend
And love you unconditionally until the end
When we went to war in both World Wars
Dogs went with us to help and more
They were ambulance dogs Red Cross dogs or victim dogs
For filling the paramedic roll especially in the WW1 slog
Up to 20000 dogs served in this way
Trained to go into No Mans Land so bravely and stay
So when you think of heroes in these wars
Buy a purple poppy as their remembrance score
Remember them in the heat of battle fears
Being aid to the wounded and comfort to dying soldiers there.
© Paul Warren Poetry
When I think of soldiers fallen in defense of our country
To the Revolutionary War, my thoughts make their way
Musket-toting volunteers from near and far
To form a new nation, their guiding star...
My heart goes out to the Civil War's slain
To preserve the Union, from Maine and Michigan
they came
Falling in droves at Gettysburg and Shiloh
God's grace in each place too late bestowed...
WW1, WW2, Wars in Korea and Vietnam
All tested the courage of the toughest of men
Not to forget those who fell in Iraq and Afghanistan
Seem's the nation's wars stretch end-to-end...
And these maudlin words of mine on Memorial Day
Won't raise up the fallen, or their widows repay
How many sons
have we lost
How many demons
have we found
How many graves
must we dig
To make the ‘Fatherland’
proud
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)
She cries at home when alone
When she thinks of how he had grown
Running wild in the Australian sun
Bronzed and athletic he’d become
When Australia said ‘to the last man and shilling’
One September day he enlisted so very willing
And he sailed that day to the Gallipoli shore
Running inland he was cut down by a machine gun’s chore
Her husband died in endless grief
But she lived on getting no relief
And she received his ‘Deadman’s Penny’
Since that day her tears have been many.
© Paul Warren Poetry
Note a Deadman's Penny was a bronze plaque sent to the relatives of a dead British or Commonwealth soldier in WW1.
The feigned glories of war
With the fluttering flag
And the romanticized figures and bloodied bodies
Put a beautiful and patriotic image in your mind.
But the horrors of war are not beautified
With sugary words and hope.
No. The sight of it, feel of it
Can leave you trembling and wishing no more.
Once the ideas of a beautiful war diminished
Into the deepest, darkest depths of our minds,
We saw the terrible cause of discord.
Would war ever end?
Though we have attempted peace since WW1
We have fallen short and ended up
With more soldiers and more fatalities.
War is the violent compromising of two conflicting territories.
A way of foreign policy that causes mishap
And reluctance.
It causes weariness in civilians—
But will it ever cease to exist?
Is there no other way?
Tears
of stone
encompass
unheard silent
groans
Seated Youth by Wilhelm Lehmbruck
He committed sucide shortly after the end of WW1
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An air ace on a training spin
Fell out,survival seemed so slim
Seconds from death,his world falling in
He landed by chance on a Camel's wing-
Then managed to wrestle his way back in
Note:Inspired by story of Graham Donald's ,WW1 flying ace,pilot of a Sopwith
Camel,in 1917,fell out with no parachute(a deliberate policy by the high
command at the time!)on a training manoevre later landing on its wing at the
bottom of its loop,regained the cockpit and landed the plane safely.Truly a
magnificent man in a flying machine.