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Poetry » War
Guerres by
Arakiell
Poème sur la guerre et la haine qui la suit sans relâche. Il n'y a pourtant aucun vainqueur, sinon le malheur... Bonne lecture.
K, French, Tragedy & Poetry, words: 132, 3/30
On the wind by
eraced
A poem about the human spirit at the end of WWII. Dedicated to the memory of the soilders who gave their lives.
K+, English, Spiritual & Hurt/Comfort, words: 90, 3/9
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Overland by
TheSultansScribe
After years of stalemate, the Union has finally found a soldier strong-willed and sturdy of heart enough to challenge Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia's supremacy in the Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant, soon to be dubbed "the Butcher." Looking to break the deadlock, the Army of the Potomac marches off into Virginia, musing on the vicissitudes of war and the drama of the fighting.
T, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 883, favs: 1, follows: 1, 9/21/2024
Lament for the Eleventh by
WJosephusW
A grim, annual Poetic excersize in radical Geopolitical Empathy and perspective-shifting.
T, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 553, 9/5/2024
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, 7/24/2024
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, 4/24/2024
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, 4/3/2024
My War by
Cryptic Paw
When love is lost, only rage remains...the war has just begun.
K+, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 752, 4/2/2024
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, 3/27/2024
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, 2/13/2024
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
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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
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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
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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
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