Winter World War Ii Poems
These Winter World War Ii poems are examples of World War Ii poems about Winter. These are the best examples of World War Ii Winter poems written by international poets.
The Road Less Traveled"The Road Less Traveled"
Not all roads diverge in a wood,
Some lead to places misunderstood.
They wind and twist, never straight,
Leading us to a different fate.
While others...
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world war ii, imagination, love, nature, sports,
Awaits WhatDarkness we had
Light awaits
Life we celebrate
Death awaits
Manhood we had
Oldage awaits
Strength we had
Weakness awaits
Crowds we had
Lonliness awaits
Friendships we celebrate
Envy awaits
Love we had
Hatred awaits
Downfalls we...
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world war ii, emotions, sweet love, thanksgiving,
Acts of War V: Mother RussianHay now, now sing this corrosion
Of winter wastes and Red stars white nights
And waring tribes a bully on the block
To kick you when your...
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world war ii, abuse, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Symbols In Flight: 1941I'd have loved to see the bluebirds fly
above the white chalk-cliffs of Dover--
and as they were blithely soaring over,
immersed in thought I'd lie
in calm repose...
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world war ii,
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - Iv - Primo LeviWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - IV - Primo Levi
Shema
by Primo Levi
translation by Michael R. Burch
You who live secure
in your comfortable houses,
who...
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world war ii, evil, holocaust, race, racism,
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - IWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I)
These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew....
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world war ii, evil, holocaust, racism, truth,
Operation BarbarossaOperation Barbarossa
the panzers start to roll,
Breaking out from Poland’s Baltic,
towards Sevastopol,
Ten million soldiers strong,
go goose-stepping east,
The Fuhrer’s Wehrmacht,
alongside his waffen SS elite.
No...
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world war ii, allegory, allusion, america, world
Remembrance Forgottenashes to ground ashes
dust to biting dust
birth to surrender
no phoenix
just crumbled trenches
no cross on the grave
blink of...
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world war ii,
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,
Yamaguchi Seishi Haiku TranslationsYamaguchi Seishi haiku 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, humanity, imagery, military, ocean,
CleansingsCleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good,...
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world war ii, holocaust, prison, race, racism,
Bleeding Before Rome -1The bombers began to bleed
their heavy tears of death
from 20,000 feet above the breathless battlefield,
B-17 Flying Fortress formations
moving with apocalyptic aplomb
the shadows of high...
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world war ii, culture, heart, war, world
A Winter PoemTwo men meet on the street corner by the park,
the day's light just beginning to decline into evening.
Their beards hang like icicles; the men are...
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world war ii, brother, old, sad, winter,
Russian DreamsRussian Dreams
Ukraine screams
In the deep of night
The death squad’s March and gaily sing
The motherland is great
Jews are all dead
Russia is the new Reich
No matter what...
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world war ii, abuse, freedom, racism, winter,
6 Jan 2011watching snow fall in the city
i think about the soldiers
that fought in world war two
...
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world war ii, america, anxiety, january, seasons,