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.
PoetsRevenge
Poem Published
Today 4:37am
Today 4:37am
Fly On The Wall In The Puritan Home (Silent War)
The long, empty darkness
voids every unwritten truth,
so I write it out from the blankness of abuse.
A bleak puritan way,
austerity for posterity,
a crawling, hairy mass;
but how could she endure this
gripped between her claws.
The walls are speaking,
the wallpaper roses laughing;
they are looking on, looking on
how can they go on looking on.
How are they not speaking
in ways people can hear.
Wars are unfolding as they sit,
tiny legs cling to them
scrambling, shouting
in their own...
voids every unwritten truth,
so I write it out from the blankness of abuse.
A bleak puritan way,
austerity for posterity,
a crawling, hairy mass;
but how could she endure this
gripped between her claws.
The walls are speaking,
the wallpaper roses laughing;
they are looking on, looking on
how can they go on looking on.
How are they not speaking
in ways people can hear.
Wars are unfolding as they sit,
tiny legs cling to them
scrambling, shouting
in their own...
#childhood
#abuse
#war #home
#war #home
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smackdownraven
Poem Published
24th Jun 2019 8:39am
24th Jun 2019 8:39am
tales from the psych ward~alien invasion
psych ward sterilization in progress
you might get your fat orderly hands on me
but you will never hurt me again
I played with you back then only revealing what I chose to
it was a slap on the hand to tell you I was hot to the touch
I'm armed and deadly be warned
I needn't see you to know where you live
my riders will never be found
to press in on me will only prove more perplexing
you have no idea how deep I go
you are fishing a black hole
do you know where it leads
are you certain about that? ...
you might get your fat orderly hands on me
but you will never hurt me again
I played with you back then only revealing what I chose to
it was a slap on the hand to tell you I was hot to the touch
I'm armed and deadly be warned
I needn't see you to know where you live
my riders will never be found
to press in on me will only prove more perplexing
you have no idea how deep I go
you are fishing a black hole
do you know where it leads
are you certain about that? ...
#dark
#soldiers
#war
#MentalHealth
#aliens
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2 Comments
smackdownraven
Poem Published
24th Jun 2019 00:36am
24th Jun 2019 00:36am
human
there is no place for one like me
divinity in the flesh
pressed upon by the powers that be
relegated to the lowest in the hierarchy
they claim tyranny in another dimension
lulling me to sleep
blending in with humanity
then rudely awakened
to my humiliated station
I am what I am
I know much worse from them
a sick experiment
twist the screws deeper
into space we go--
holding nothing but a flashlight
search the heavens and the seas below
you will find nothing to wake the mortals ...
divinity in the flesh
pressed upon by the powers that be
relegated to the lowest in the hierarchy
they claim tyranny in another dimension
lulling me to sleep
blending in with humanity
then rudely awakened
to my humiliated station
I am what I am
I know much worse from them
a sick experiment
twist the screws deeper
into space we go--
holding nothing but a flashlight
search the heavens and the seas below
you will find nothing to wake the mortals ...
#dark
#war
#aliens
45 reads
13 Comments
smackdownraven
Poem Published
23rd Jun 2019 10:32pm
23rd Jun 2019 10:32pm
Alanis
trespasser on this plane of existence
a time ripple brought you to this dimension
you seek asylum here--
it's in my power to pardon you
I've warned you to watch only
you come at me with sexual intentions
pursuing me relentlessly
a contract is required
crimes against humanity
you're on record against me
plead the fifth dimension
not to mention this dimension
sex slave forgave--
the gods made a way out for me
you want a celestial concubine
wanton with desires of the flesh--
matching your...
a time ripple brought you to this dimension
you seek asylum here--
it's in my power to pardon you
I've warned you to watch only
you come at me with sexual intentions
pursuing me relentlessly
a contract is required
crimes against humanity
you're on record against me
plead the fifth dimension
not to mention this dimension
sex slave forgave--
the gods made a way out for me
you want a celestial concubine
wanton with desires of the flesh--
matching your...
#dark
#war
#aliens
37 reads
4 Comments
Falsepoet
Poem Published
22nd Jun 2019 6:34pm
22nd Jun 2019 6:34pm
Love is a Battlefield
A thought born from rage
A decision made in haste
An action performed out of anger
As a precious heart’s laid to waste
Trembling lips blow out smoke
From the fatal shot of words spoken
As the sanctity of ones promise
Is left shattered and broken
A soul stained with blood
From that murderous shot
As the words enter the heart
Painful and red hot
A grieving face wet with tears
And the others eyes filled with shame
As misguided emotions
Were most likely to blame
Jealousy,...
A decision made in haste
An action performed out of anger
As a precious heart’s laid to waste
Trembling lips blow out smoke
From the fatal shot of words spoken
As the sanctity of ones promise
Is left shattered and broken
A soul stained with blood
From that murderous shot
As the words enter the heart
Painful and red hot
A grieving face wet with tears
And the others eyes filled with shame
As misguided emotions
Were most likely to blame
Jealousy,...
#love
#jealousy
#war
35 reads
4 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
20th Jun 2019 2:24pm
20th Jun 2019 2:24pm
What Will They Think Of Us?
What will they think of us when they read about us?
About the wars we engaged in over governments and creeds
Or the lies we’re told in the auspices of things to come
When we lost our humanity under pretentious greed
Will they weep for us when they study our history?
When we destroyed Mother Earth to live beyond our means
Because one day she will rise against us and take it back
And upon our ruins a new society will realize their dreams
When will we ever learn the true meaning of harmony?
That the original particle still runs in you as...
About the wars we engaged in over governments and creeds
Or the lies we’re told in the auspices of things to come
When we lost our humanity under pretentious greed
Will they weep for us when they study our history?
When we destroyed Mother Earth to live beyond our means
Because one day she will rise against us and take it back
And upon our ruins a new society will realize their dreams
When will we ever learn the true meaning of harmony?
That the original particle still runs in you as...
#politics
#war
#pollution #responsibility
#pollution #responsibility
41 reads
8 Comments
MDT
Poem Published
18th Jun 2019 6:51am
18th Jun 2019 6:51am
Big balls
Men
Bleed
Her
Dry
To
Fuel
Hate
And
They
Fight
With
Tanks
And
Ships
That
Take
The
Breath
Of
Youth
Just
So
Men
Can
Show
Which
Has
The
Bigger
Set
And
Smaller
Brains
Me
Man
Me
War
Me
Idiot.
Bleed
Her
Dry
To
Fuel
Hate
And
They
Fight
With
Tanks
And
Ships
That
Take
The
Breath
Of
Youth
Just
So
Men
Can
Show
Which
Has
The
Bigger
Set
And
Smaller
Brains
Me
Man
Me
War
Me
Idiot.
#war
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summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
16th Jun 2019 6:46am
16th Jun 2019 6:46am
this NOW’s- a karmic battlefield, versed sacred with Bhagavat Gita~
?from a hazy prelude to an essential uprising^^
fuming fulminations of tonight’s sketchy dream...
thickens as detailing documented plotted broth
...soothsaying scriptures of a versified narrative
with an addendum of ethical arthashastra
[opens up as textured overtures of…>>
dark conundrums
in a wormy exploding filth of pretty bundled
nightmares ...let loose & leaking all over the
cracking pores
as odoriferously emetic vomiting blueblacks
that only triggers some more...& all the more ...
fuming fulminations of tonight’s sketchy dream...
thickens as detailing documented plotted broth
...soothsaying scriptures of a versified narrative
with an addendum of ethical arthashastra
[opens up as textured overtures of…>>
dark conundrums
in a wormy exploding filth of pretty bundled
nightmares ...let loose & leaking all over the
cracking pores
as odoriferously emetic vomiting blueblacks
that only triggers some more...& all the more ...
#war
#evil
#TruthOfLife
#hypocrisy
#rebellion
118 reads
14 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
13th Jun 2019 7:35pm
13th Jun 2019 7:35pm
Holy War
Allegorical tales are casting spells about a heaven or a hell
Causing disputes amongst the troops whose lives are for sell
Like retail from the mall they're all being consumed
An appetite for destruction is leading to their tombs
Kaboom is the sound of the bombs bursting in the air
Innocence being lost as they fall but the leaders don't care
It's clear that accumulation of wealth trumps human lives
Revelations broadcasting on every station like Fox Five
Many close their eyes to the misery and suffering of others
If...
Causing disputes amongst the troops whose lives are for sell
Like retail from the mall they're all being consumed
An appetite for destruction is leading to their tombs
Kaboom is the sound of the bombs bursting in the air
Innocence being lost as they fall but the leaders don't care
It's clear that accumulation of wealth trumps human lives
Revelations broadcasting on every station like Fox Five
Many close their eyes to the misery and suffering of others
If...
#war
#death
#religion #greed
#religion #greed
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0 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
9th Jun 2019 7:36am
9th Jun 2019 7:36am
Lakefront To Beach Head
Their Labor bore fruit
In times of peace
Free of war’s loom
Then came the shattering thunder of guns
From lakefront to beach head
Liberty was the battle cry
They were the Levee
To the river of evil
That had coursed though the land
It was no laodicean decision
To take up arms
While wives and girlfriends
Dressed in Lithograph patterned attire
Smelling of lilac
Praying in the lampblack night
For their safe return
No luster in tearful eyes
The waiting more torture ...
In times of peace
Free of war’s loom
Then came the shattering thunder of guns
From lakefront to beach head
Liberty was the battle cry
They were the Levee
To the river of evil
That had coursed though the land
It was no laodicean decision
To take up arms
While wives and girlfriends
Dressed in Lithograph patterned attire
Smelling of lilac
Praying in the lampblack night
For their safe return
No luster in tearful eyes
The waiting more torture ...
#war
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4 Comments
T_V_Walker
Poem Published
5th Jun 2019 10:43pm
5th Jun 2019 10:43pm
Outside men are marching
Outside men are marching
We hide beneath the floor
For us, they are searching
Their boots were made for war
We smell the barn burning
They hack open our door
Outside men are marching
My family are no more
Would a god be so sadistic?
To create a world like this
To destroy those altruistic
Now everyone is his
Greed is all we worship
All kindness is destroyed
Its a miracle the poor can smile
In a land of the unemployed
We hide beneath the floor
For us, they are searching
Their boots were made for war
We smell the barn burning
They hack open our door
Outside men are marching
My family are no more
Would a god be so sadistic?
To create a world like this
To destroy those altruistic
Now everyone is his
Greed is all we worship
All kindness is destroyed
Its a miracle the poor can smile
In a land of the unemployed
#war
#poverty
27 reads
1 Comment
I_IS_ME
Poem Published
5th Jun 2019 4:09am
5th Jun 2019 4:09am
The Wall
Mr. Gorbachev tear this wall down"
Were words heard and celebrated all around
The division of a country was affecting the world
To watch the hatred associated with boundaries was causing human relations to unfurl
We built a great wall of China and refused to learn shit
They invented lots of things and then they forgot all about it
Inter boundary warring also made written history a problem
The world was battling problems and didn't know that they had solved them
But being humans we continue to do what we do
We next built...
Were words heard and celebrated all around
The division of a country was affecting the world
To watch the hatred associated with boundaries was causing human relations to unfurl
We built a great wall of China and refused to learn shit
They invented lots of things and then they forgot all about it
Inter boundary warring also made written history a problem
The world was battling problems and didn't know that they had solved them
But being humans we continue to do what we do
We next built...
#war
#CallToAction
#HumanRights #rebellion
#HumanRights #rebellion
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17 Comments
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