Grief World War Ii Poems
These Grief World War Ii poems are examples of World War Ii poems about Grief. These are the best examples of World War Ii Grief poems written by international poets.
Hiroshima BombingIn Hiroshima, a city of peace
A single bomb of nuclear release
The victims' screams, a haunting sound
A level of destruction so profound
A Japanese city once so...
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memorial, world war ii,
Broken ParadiseThe world is broken,
So Am I,
Bleeding grief ,
Through cracks of Mosaic.
It wasn't aliens,
Who plunged the sword,
Scouring the substrates,
To excavate their rewards ,
The were my own,
Love...
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world war ii, anxiety, break up, depression,
Woman of the Wasteland III of IIIFrom ruined halls of a corrupt little apartment
I flee with my children, trailing after me
No more the hard hand of hate
On my...
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world war ii, abuse, allegory, allusion, analogy,
The Price of DeathMarble crosses of faith
...
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world war ii, conflict, death, world war
A Place of WarDid you go to the place of war? The place men leave and come back as bleeding souls, the place men come back in body...
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world war ii, death, fate, grief, veterans
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems V - Ber Horvitz, Yitzkhak VinerWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems V - Ber Horvitz, Yitzkhak Viner, Franta Bass
Der Himmel
"The Heavens"
by Ber Horvitz
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
These skies
are...
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world war ii, evil, holocaust, race, racism,
Pulling OutThe train left the platform amid trails of smoke
That blew across faces
Waving away worn smiles.
The grey sky leaned into the horizon
Forming a broken arc,
Rain moved...
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world war ii,
Bertolt Brecht Holocaust Poem: the PartingDer 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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world war ii, friendship, holocaust, leaving, war,
Yamaguchi Seishi Haiku TranslationsYamaguchi Seishi haiku modern English translations
Grasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt.
—Yamaguchi Seishi, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Ceaseless chaos—
ice floes clash
in the Soya straits.
—Yamaguchi...
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world war ii, animal, earth, nature, seasons,
Fields of Red of Poppy LeafFields of red, of poppy leaf
The fields where so many brave came to grief
Brave men indeed who refused to kneel
To give freedom to others,...
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world war ii, remembrance day, war, world
Proudly DisplayedAn old soldier was sitting on a park bench
When I happened to stop and rest awhile
He said I’m getting weary of these days
As I see...
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world war ii, remembrance day, war, world
Naked Death
Naked death
…the barred and sealed cattle wagons
disgorge
at the Konzentrazionslager
the faux pas relief
...
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world war ii, bereavement, death, grief, hate,
Nineteen FortytwoNINETEEN FORTY TWO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
As a young man in Jersey I wanted to be a cop
One sunday morning that dream came to a stop
Our nation...
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world war ii, america, december, military, patriotic,
My Life For YoursI gave my life for you,
My grit was your prosperity,
So that you could do.
I swallowed at the task,
Girded myself bravely,
Prepared...
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world war ii, bereavement, character, children, courage,
The FitnessJumping the jam,
I am peter pan,
doing a man,
don't know his name at this dam.
Down-stream is a clam,
up is a nap-
I creak when I walk,
never stop...
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Categories:
world war ii, angst, depression, drug, grief,