War Poems
#war
Poetry about historical wars, modern warfare and the effects of war on societies. War poems offer harrowing accounts of war from the perspective of soldiers and civilians.
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Layla
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:27pm
Yesterday 6:27pm
The Snitch
It was just another morning
of all common mornings
as calm as the cloudless
coffee in my cup
and a drumless beat
except
today is Saturday
and all wars
(of industrial era)
have erupted on weekends
knowing CNN runs on re-runs
hardly spilling any tea.
Without chasing the tail
of all tales
I offer a tender morsel..
The cat went out
on her usual
morning
neighborhood walk
to continue
tradition of wars fought
protecting
what’s ‘rightfully’ yours
or is it theirs.. ...
of all common mornings
as calm as the cloudless
coffee in my cup
and a drumless beat
except
today is Saturday
and all wars
(of industrial era)
have erupted on weekends
knowing CNN runs on re-runs
hardly spilling any tea.
Without chasing the tail
of all tales
I offer a tender morsel..
The cat went out
on her usual
morning
neighborhood walk
to continue
tradition of wars fought
protecting
what’s ‘rightfully’ yours
or is it theirs.. ...
#politics
#war
#animals
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3 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
22nd Jun 2018 11:02pm
22nd Jun 2018 11:02pm
Son Of A Gun
Formulating poetic equations like a mad scientist
Transforming thoughts into stanzas like a lyrical alchemist
My spare time is spent jotting down shit revolving inside of my crown
Weathering hurricane storms with winds strong enough to knock me down
I don't like how that sounds so I've been bunkering down
Laughing at all of my enemies dreams like they're clowns
Can't keep a good man down that's determined to win
Don't believe me then I'll show thee so let the games begin
No new friends is the motto that I'm living by
Cause people love...
Transforming thoughts into stanzas like a lyrical alchemist
My spare time is spent jotting down shit revolving inside of my crown
Weathering hurricane storms with winds strong enough to knock me down
I don't like how that sounds so I've been bunkering down
Laughing at all of my enemies dreams like they're clowns
Can't keep a good man down that's determined to win
Don't believe me then I'll show thee so let the games begin
No new friends is the motto that I'm living by
Cause people love...
#betrayal
#war
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poetOftragedy
Poem Published
15th Jun 2018 00:32am
15th Jun 2018 00:32am
The cursed gift
The greatest gift granted to a man is life
The greatest victory granted to a man is death
For man hard work, the greatest reward granted to a man is love
And yet a Man greatest curse is his own heart
A man greatest prison is his own mind
For in life man finds hell
But in death man finds freedom
In love man begins to understand true joy and happiness
And in his heart man finds greed
For in his mind a man will always remember his pain and his failure
A man greatest lesson is his own mistakes
Man are granted conscience
But in conscience...
The greatest victory granted to a man is death
For man hard work, the greatest reward granted to a man is love
And yet a Man greatest curse is his own heart
A man greatest prison is his own mind
For in life man finds hell
But in death man finds freedom
In love man begins to understand true joy and happiness
And in his heart man finds greed
For in his mind a man will always remember his pain and his failure
A man greatest lesson is his own mistakes
Man are granted conscience
But in conscience...
#love
#beauty
#war
#hell
#disappointment
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John_Galt
Poem Published
14th Jun 2018 6:31pm
14th Jun 2018 6:31pm
The Warrior
I've chewed, and eaten the umbilical cord of fear.
The bindings of doubt are cast off!
I explode across the deep reaches of the universe, a warrior of cosmic destiny.
Climbing to great heights on the backs
of lesser gods, an earnest traveler, open to feel you, live you, become you, and conquer you.
I am the warrior.
The bindings of doubt are cast off!
I explode across the deep reaches of the universe, a warrior of cosmic destiny.
Climbing to great heights on the backs
of lesser gods, an earnest traveler, open to feel you, live you, become you, and conquer you.
I am the warrior.
#love
#soldiers
#conflict
#power
#war
43 reads
9 Comments
CarlHalling
Carl Halling
Carl Halling
Poem Published
13th Jun 2018 12:38pm
13th Jun 2018 12:38pm
Messages of Love, Portraits of Love
I feel at one with sweethearts
Through the years,
With the wartime lovers
Who went overseas,
All the shattered hearts,
All the rivers of tears,
I feel them all.
Verses of love,
Lovers who must part,
Portraits of love
Worn so very close to the heart,
All the lovers lost,
Loves that never even start,
I feel them all.
Through the years,
With the wartime lovers
Who went overseas,
All the shattered hearts,
All the rivers of tears,
I feel them all.
Verses of love,
Lovers who must part,
Portraits of love
Worn so very close to the heart,
All the lovers lost,
Loves that never even start,
I feel them all.
#love
#war
#lover
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2 Comments
poetryaccident
Poem Published
13th Jun 2018 00:58am
13th Jun 2018 00:58am
Sole Survivor
There the future stood alone
sole survivor of the war
absent companions now deceased
not forgotten though they’re gone
the conflicts have no prisoners
only a victor with mortal wounds
residing above the battlefield
too tired to stir from living tombs
between the fears of the past
juggernauts without peer
battling ghosts of dream’s empire
the gilded soldiers of imagery
those dominions were the jewels
hills and dales with beauty's brush
imagination spilled upon the world
by the virtue of romantic fools
...
sole survivor of the war
absent companions now deceased
not forgotten though they’re gone
the conflicts have no prisoners
only a victor with mortal wounds
residing above the battlefield
too tired to stir from living tombs
between the fears of the past
juggernauts without peer
battling ghosts of dream’s empire
the gilded soldiers of imagery
those dominions were the jewels
hills and dales with beauty's brush
imagination spilled upon the world
by the virtue of romantic fools
...
#war
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
12th Jun 2018 4:03pm
12th Jun 2018 4:03pm
Now And Forever
It's my desire to create Heaven on Earth with you
A place where our rain, pain and disdain is through
Just me and you, void of petty people within our crew
A circle that smoothly flows in a continous, infinite loop
Never to be duped by outsiders trying to invade us
Motivators I use as my muse to make 'em famous
Nameless, faceless folks that are wishing for us to bust
Trust and believe that when we're happy it deeply cuts
These nuts ruts have nothing to do with us, just them
While we're cruising on the love boat they can barely swim ...
A place where our rain, pain and disdain is through
Just me and you, void of petty people within our crew
A circle that smoothly flows in a continous, infinite loop
Never to be duped by outsiders trying to invade us
Motivators I use as my muse to make 'em famous
Nameless, faceless folks that are wishing for us to bust
Trust and believe that when we're happy it deeply cuts
These nuts ruts have nothing to do with us, just them
While we're cruising on the love boat they can barely swim ...
#love
#war
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4 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
12th Jun 2018 2:22pm
12th Jun 2018 2:22pm
Free Thinker Truancy
It seems that everyday more sheep are being led astray
Led astray by believing everything that their sheppards say
Mayday! Mayday! I'm declaring a state of emergency
A change has got to come with some sense of urgency
We're having a free thinker truancy and lack of unity
Too many in our communities are worshipping celebrities
If you can act, rap or play football like a running back
Or perform like Mike Jack you'll be looked at as GOD in fact
We lack strong leaders from way back to give us guidance
Silence is what they're buying or they...
Led astray by believing everything that their sheppards say
Mayday! Mayday! I'm declaring a state of emergency
A change has got to come with some sense of urgency
We're having a free thinker truancy and lack of unity
Too many in our communities are worshipping celebrities
If you can act, rap or play football like a running back
Or perform like Mike Jack you'll be looked at as GOD in fact
We lack strong leaders from way back to give us guidance
Silence is what they're buying or they...
#anger
#soldiers
#conflict
#violence
#war
38 reads
2 Comments
CarrionCrow44
Poem Published
12th Jun 2018 1:46am
12th Jun 2018 1:46am
Found
What a lonely state
Sitting faint up on this throne
Where the walls breathe
Rattling discord
A paranoid state
It's the only way I stay sane
Staying one step ahead
Of all my enemies
This place is mine
One look and its a prison
For all those who think different
Mine, it's always been
Off with your head
No time for a bargain plea
The only way I'm leaving is dead
Mine, it's always been
My children turned
They suit up in secret rooms
A voice for the unheard ...
Sitting faint up on this throne
Where the walls breathe
Rattling discord
A paranoid state
It's the only way I stay sane
Staying one step ahead
Of all my enemies
This place is mine
One look and its a prison
For all those who think different
Mine, it's always been
Off with your head
No time for a bargain plea
The only way I'm leaving is dead
Mine, it's always been
My children turned
They suit up in secret rooms
A voice for the unheard ...
#war
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0 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
10th Jun 2018 11:51pm
10th Jun 2018 11:51pm
peace of mind is illusory ..
humanity as a whole
is a prisoner of war in
which we all get caught up fighting
for (or against) something ..
is a prisoner of war in
which we all get caught up fighting
for (or against) something ..
#war
#peace
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5 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
8th Jun 2018 7:11am
8th Jun 2018 7:11am
Better Days
When your back's against the wall you gotta come out swinging
Like Ali did, you've got to come out floating and stinging
Believing that you're already the people's champ
All disbelievers should be sent off like postage stamps
Stay amped up and strapped up so you're prepared for war
For when you knock one out best believe they'll be more
Keep score of the vicious chores being fired in your direction
A deception is camouflaging your mind as being your greatest weapon
So detection by your enemies becomes as hard as a phallus during a wet dream ...
Like Ali did, you've got to come out floating and stinging
Believing that you're already the people's champ
All disbelievers should be sent off like postage stamps
Stay amped up and strapped up so you're prepared for war
For when you knock one out best believe they'll be more
Keep score of the vicious chores being fired in your direction
A deception is camouflaging your mind as being your greatest weapon
So detection by your enemies becomes as hard as a phallus during a wet dream ...
#strength
#war
#motivational
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1 Comment
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John Brady
John Brady
Poem Published
7th Jun 2018 3:39pm
7th Jun 2018 3:39pm
Aerials
I’m writing to reach you
and radars are broken
but maybe I’ll crackle
today maybe you’ll shovel
today maybe you’ll find yourself
good God it’ll be genius
and magnificence will combust
into bombs or madness.
You are so prevalent
I can bend your spine
whilst snapping bread
in empty memorials
the motion won’t carry
and Jesus crying his eyes out
won’t give a damn
but maybe the antennas
confirming blinking lights
in the shell of dark
is a Hellish acceptance:
allow me...
and radars are broken
but maybe I’ll crackle
today maybe you’ll shovel
today maybe you’ll find yourself
good God it’ll be genius
and magnificence will combust
into bombs or madness.
You are so prevalent
I can bend your spine
whilst snapping bread
in empty memorials
the motion won’t carry
and Jesus crying his eyes out
won’t give a damn
but maybe the antennas
confirming blinking lights
in the shell of dark
is a Hellish acceptance:
allow me...
#war
#SelfReflection
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