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Poetry » War
Lament for the Eleventh by WJosephusW
A grim, annual Poetic excersize in radical Geopolitical Empathy and perspective-shifting.T, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 553, 9/5
Dying Letter of a Hezbollah Insurgent by WJosephusW
The title and picture tell all in conjunction.T, English, Poetry & Angst, words: 380, 8/19
For English Skies we fought by WayRoad
A poem I wrote back in 2017 regarding the Battle of Britain; this one is for my fellow Canadians, stay strong.T, English, words: 446, 7/24
1Suppose by Cryptic Paw
Despite what you or I suppose, the truth will come to pass regardless. Will it be your truth or mine? Neither, perhaps?K+, English, Poetry & Angst, words: 438, 4/24
A Deadly Game of Chess by Cryptic Paw
Who will be left standing at the end of this brutal game?T, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 2k+, 4/13
Life As I Know It by Cryptic Paw
No matter how many times you get knocked down, get back up to exact your revenge!K+, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 551, 4/3
My War by Cryptic Paw
When love is lost, only rage remains...the war has just begun.K+, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 752, 4/2
My Kingdom Come by Cryptic Paw
A goddess of blood and destruction's desire for her kingdom of chaos.T, English, Poetry & Tragedy, words: 609, 3/27
Draumatic by OpThomastic
"Trauma is not what happens to you but what happens inside you." ― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal.K, English, words: 74, 2/13
Continental Conflict Age of Riot: The Clogyrnach by Tiger Trotter
A Clogyrnach poem about my Continental Conflict: Age of Riot story. Rated T for disturbing themes of crime, Author's Notes are included in this poem.T, English, Poetry & Crime, words: 160, 1/14
the Landscaper Revenant's Lament by Kazakh Doom
I once tried being a landscaper in Ft. Worth. I hated it. Most of this tale is fiction; either way, a big part of me sometimes wishes it was all non-fiction.T, English, words: 2k+, 8/15/2023
Arithmetic on the Frontlines by Jave Harron
Death by the numbers.K+, English, Tragedy & Drama, words: 115, 12/5/2022
1 Blessed is the Victor by WJosephusW
A poem I wrote with various historical Crusades and Pilgrimages in mind.K+, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 70, 8/27/2022
Vitaly's Sacrifice by WJosephusW
A Narrative, Epic Poem that tells the True Tale of the Heroic Death of Vitaly Skakun Volodmyrovych, a Ukrainian Soldier who blew himself up along with a strategically-key Bridge and several dozen Russian Tanks carrying over one hundred Russian Soldiers that were attempting to cross the bridge. His sacrifice stalled the Russian advance into Kyiv, allowing tens of thousands to flee.T, English, Poetry & Adventure, words: 1k+, 8/21/2022
1 List of Heroes by WJosephusW
A shorter Poem, imagined to be a kind of Poetic Folk-Song which may as well have sprang up during the Civil Unrest of 2020... Another lonesome product of it's own Age.K+, English, Poetry & Romance, words: 214, 8/14/2022
The Hessian Patriot by WJosephusW
A narrative poem relaying the tale of a Hessian conscript in the American Revolution who has come to love the American continent since being deployed there to fight for the British. He laments his orders to return to Prussia after the war is lost, yet reminisces on the homely natural beauty he witnessed while in the Colonies.K+, English, Poetry & Western, words: 346, 8/12/2022
Ballad of Blue and Gray by WJosephusW
This is the second long-form narrative poem in the Epic tradition I have actually started and completed. It tells the story of an Irish-American calvary-man in the US Civil War, who embarks on journey of revenge, honor, justice and reconciliation.K+, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 1k+, 8/7/2022
The Pattonad by WJosephusW
An epic poem about World War II, as of yet unfinished in it's completion. The poem will contain vivid and comparative snapshots of specific important events , that, together, paint a larger thematic and narrative picture.
T, English, Poetry & Supernatural, words: 895, 8/5/2022
Big Time in the Desert by WJosephusW
A stylistic experiment inspired by various poems by Rudyard Kipling, which emulated the Cockney, dock-worker accent common to Kipling's working-class readership in London. Kipling, having served in the British military in India, was well-versed in the lingo. In this poem's case, I tell of the woes and reminisces of a forgotten Afghanistan veteran from rural Appalachia.T, English, Poetry & Romance, words: 347, 8/5/2022
1The Aftermath of World War Six by Just-an-Entity
Written for class in late 2014 or early 2015. A freeform poem about child soldiers. Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own.T, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 235, 7/18/2022
The Armory by WJosephusW
A longer poem on the relationship between war and humankind. This is not an anti-war poem, nor is it a work pushing for war. It's just... about it; how we are drawn to it, even.T, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 525, favs: 1, follows: 1, 6/23/2022
1 Patton's End by WJosephusW
General George S. Patton is regarded by most of the world as an American hero, by many Americans as a brave martyr, and by some bitter folk: as a cruel and overbearing conqueror; yet, few on Earth know that he was also an accomplished poet.T, English, Poetry & Mystery, words: 477, 6/19/2022