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| poems about war and peace: Armistice Carol Ann Duffy, 2018-10-16 The Armistice of 1918 brought ceasefire to the war on the Western Front, but 'the Great War' would not as hoped be 'the war to end all wars'. In this affecting selection, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, guides us deep into the act and root of 'armistice': its stoppage or 'stand' of arms, its search for truce and ceasefire. In 100 poems, our most cherished poets of the Great War speak alongside those from other conflicts and cultures, so that we hear some of the lesser-heard voices of war, including wives, families, those left behind. These poems of war and peace memorialise the horror and the tragedy of conflict. At the same time, in armistice, they become a record of renewal and a testimony to hope. |
| poems about war and peace: Poems about War Robert Graves, 1988 The poems in this collection establish Robert Graves' reputation as a war poet. (He is one of sixteen poets of World War I commemorated on the stone in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey.) Yet Graves omitted all of them from his own collections after 1927 in an effort to put the war behind him. William Graves, his son, has edited this completely new volume, including many of the marginal notes from Robert;s library copies. Appendices include bibliographic detail, the publication record, and variant forms of the poems. |
| poems about war and peace: War and Peace and Poetry Lonnie D. Ellis, 2010-12 War and Peace and Poetry was inspired by the everyday lives of American soldiers. Their stories and the lives they live while deployed to Iraq are chronicled in these verses, as well as some of author Lonnie D. Ellis's childhood memories of growing up in the Deep South. Many of the poems in this collection address war and its effects on families. They reflect the emotions of the soldiers, their spouses, and their children, who have to deal with the realities of war. Ellis touches on a facet of life that reflects each individual family member. Daddy, Don't Go was inspired by his personal experience with his children and the children of his fellow soldiers as they prepared to deploy from Fort Stewart. It was, by far, the most difficult poem he has written. He wrote the poem The Journey after speaking with many of his friends and hearing about the loneliness of their spouses and loved ones. The poem say to them, I am there with you in spirit always, even if I cannot be with you physically. War and Peace and Poetry offers a soldier's perspective on the sacrifices made during war and tells the stories of soldiers and their families with heartfelt emotion. |
| poems about war and peace: Viking Poems on War and Peace Russell Gilbert Poole, 1991-01-01 The Old Norse and Icelandic poets have left us vivid accounts of conflict and peace-making in the Viking Age. Russell G. Poole's editorial and critical analysis reveals much about the texts themselves, the events that they describe, and the culture from which they come. Poole attempts to put right many misunderstandings about the integrity of the texts and their narrative techniques. From a historical perspective, he weighs the poems' authenticity as contemporary documents which provide evidence bearing upon the reconstruction of Viking Age battles, peace negotiations, and other events. He traces the social roles played by violence in medieval Scandinavian society, and explores the many functions of the poet within that society. Arguing that these texts exhibit a mind-style so vastly different from our own present 'individualism, ' Poole suggests that the mind-set of the medieval Scandinavian could be termed 'non-individualist.' The poems discussed are the 'Darradarljód, ' where the speakers are Valkyries; 'Lidsmannaflokkr, ' a rank-and-file warrior's description of Canute the Great's siege of London in 1016; 'Torf-Einarr's Revenge'; 'Egil's Duel with Ljótr, ' five verses from the classic Egils saga Skallagrimssonar; 'A Battle on the Health, ' marking the culmination of a famous feud described in a very early Icelandic saga, the Heidarviga saga; and two extracts from the poem Sexstefia, one describing Haraldr of Norway's great fleet and victory over Sveinn of Denmark, and the other the peace settlement between these two kinds. The texts are presented in association with translations and commentaries as a resource not merely for medieval Scandinavian studies but also for the increasingly interwoven specialisms of literary theory and anthropology. |
| poems about war and peace: Poems of War and Peace Robert Underwood Johnson, 1916 |
| poems about war and peace: Calligrammes Guillaume Apollinaire, 1991 A bilingual edition of one of Guillaume Apollinaire's most important volumes of poetry, with extensive commentary by the translators. |
| poems about war and peace: First World War Poetry Jon Silkin, 1997-02-01 A selection of poetry written during World War I. In the introduction Jon Silkin traces the changing mood of the poets - from patriotism through anger and compassion to an active desire for social change. The book includes work by Sassoon, Owen, Blunden, Rosenberg, Hardy and Lawrence. |
| poems about war and peace: The Proud People Joseph Joel Keith, 1943 |
| poems about war and peace: Making Peace Denise Levertov, 2006 The poems gathered here span the last three decades of Levertov's life, their subjects ranging from Vietnam to the death-squads of El Salvador to the first Gulf War. -- Back cover. -- Provided by publisher. |
| poems about war and peace: Night School Carl Dennis, 2018-04-03 A masterful new collection of poetry from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly Prize The poems in Carl Dennis’s thirteenth collection, Night School, are informed by an engagement with a world not fully accessible to the light of day, a world that can only be known with help from the imagination, whether we focus on ourselves, on people close at hand, or on the larger society. Only if we imagine alternatives to our present selves, Dennis suggests, can we begin to grasp who we are. Only if we imagine what is hidden from us about the lives of others can those lives begin to seem whole. Only if we can conceive of a social world different from the one we seem to inhabit can we begin to make sense of the country we call our own. To read these poems is to find ourselves invited into a dialogue between what is present and what is absent that proves surprising and enlarging. |
| poems about war and peace: Voice from Afar Tony Johnston, 2008 Timely poetry collection about peace and war by acclaimed children's poet and author Tony Johnston, stunningly illustrated by Susan Guevara.The poems in this collection present haunting images of war and peace. Set all over the world, from Belfast to Africa to the Middle East, these lyric snapshots show the effects of war on ordinary people, as well as the hope and cautious joy that mark each person's journey to survive. The poems startle with a quiet power: a sister makes up a sweet story for her brother about their house flying away from gunfire; a lentil is wryly asked to fling itself into boiling water so that a desperate family can be fed; a stubborn rosebush blooms, because no matter what it must endure. Full of sweeping, vivid color and emotion, Susan Guevara's accompanying acrylic paintings astonish, move, and provide a fascinating interpretation of and tribute to Tony Johnston's call for peace. |
| poems about war and peace: Poets Against War , 2003 Begun by poet Sam Hamill in reaction to an invitation to attend First Lady Laura Bush's White House Symposium Poetry and the American Voice on February 12, 2003 (subsequently canceled), site contains poems or personal statements from over 4,600 poets to register their opposition to the Bush administration's policies toward war in Iraq. Allows for the submission of new poems and also provides links to anti-war activities, news items and other anti-war organizations. |
| poems about war and peace: World War I Poetry Edith Wharton, Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, 2017-09-21 The horrors of the First World War released a great outburst of emotional poetry from the soldiers who fought in it as well as many other giants of world literature. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke and W B Yeats are just some of the poets whose work is featured in this anthology. The raw emotion unleashed in these poems still has the power to move readers today. As well as poems detailing the miseries of war there are poems on themes of bravery, friendship and loyalty, and this collection shows how even in the depths of despair the human spirit can still triumph. |
| poems about war and peace: Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans Larry Rottmann, Jan Barry, Basil T. Paquet, 1972 A collection of poems by Vietnam War veterans. |
| poems about war and peace: War Poems , 1968 |
| poems about war and peace: War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon, 2012-10-16 Epigrammatic and bitterly satirical verses by the well-known English poet convey the shocking brutality and pointlessness of World War I. Includes Counter-Attack, They, The General, Base Details, and other poems. |
| poems about war and peace: Visions of War, Dreams of Peace Lynda Van Devanter, Joan Furey, 1991-05-01 Lynda Van Devanter--author of the backlist classic Home Before Morning, which inspired the TV show China Beach--edited this powerful collection of poems reminiscent of Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. All author proceeds from the book will go to the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project. 6 photographs. |
| poems about war and peace: Here, Bullet Brian Turner, 2014-09-01 A first-person account of the Iraq War by a solider-poet, winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award. Adding his voice to the current debate about the US occupation of Iraq, in poems written in the tradition of such poets as Wilfred Owen, Yusef Komunyakaa (Dien Cai Dau), Bruce Weigl (Song of Napalm) and Alice James’ own Doug Anderson (The Moon Reflected Fire), Iraqi war veteran Brian Turner writes power-fully affecting poetry of witness, exceptional for its beauty, honesty, and skill. Based on Turner’s yearlong tour in Iraq as an infantry team leader, the poems offer gracefully rendered, unflinching description but, remarkably, leave the reader to draw conclusions or moral lessons. Here, Bullet is a must-read for anyone who cares about the war, regardless of political affiliation. |
| poems about war and peace: America at War Lee Bennett Hopkins, 2008-03-04 A collection of poems about America at war from the Revolution to the Iraq war. |
| poems about war and peace: Peaceful Pieces Anna Grossnickle Hines, 2011-03-29 A collection of poems about peace by Anna Grossnickle Hines, accompanied by illustrations that feature quilts made by the poet. |
| poems about war and peace: Poems of War and Peace Robert Underwood Johnson, 2023-07-18 This powerful collection of poems captures the emotional impact of war on both soldiers and civilians. Robert Underwood Johnson's moving verse explores the themes of loss, sacrifice, and hope in the context of some of the most significant events of the early 20th century. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the history of World War I or the power of poetry to convey the human experience. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| poems about war and peace: Peace and War Rick Black, 2007-05-01 In each of these imagistic poems, peace and war are juxtaposed in ways that portray the heart-wrenching beauty and sorrow of daily life in Israel, a conflict-ridden land. With a unique, handmade dos-a-dos (back-to-back) binding, it combines two books into one and fits comfortably in your hand. A moving memento for visitors to and longtime residents of Israel as well as those who have lived through wartime. ¿a deeply felt prayer¿¿ Kwame Dawes, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting ¿beautifully designed and produced¿the images are universal.¿ Johnye Strickland, Simply Haiku |
| poems about war and peace: Calm Reflections Pratheek Praveen Kumar, 2017-01-26 Collection of poems authored by Pratheek Praveen Kumar |
| poems about war and peace: War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry Charles Cantalupo, 2009 War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry focuses on Eritrean written poetry from roughly the last three decades of the twentieth century. The poems appear in the anthology Who Needs a Story? Contemporary Eritrean Poetry in Tigrinya, Tigre and Arabic from which a selection is offered here in their original scripts of Ge'ez or Arabic, and in English translation. Who Needs a Story? is the first anthology of contemporary poetry from Eritrea ever published, and War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry is the first book on the subject. Therefore, the groundbreaking effort of the former warrants a discussion of its means of cultural production. All of the poets in Who Needs a Story? participated in the Eritrean struggle for independence (1961-91) as freedom fighters and/or as supporters in the Eritrean diaspora. Thus, contemporary Eritrean poetry divides itself between experiences of war and peace, although one can contain the other as well. War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry also includes an extended analysis of one of Eritrea's most famous contemporary poets Reesom Haile, as an example of the kind of extended analysis that many of the poets of Who Needs a Story? should stimulate and, last but not least, a meditation on how the author, a non-native speaker, personally becomes involved in Eritrean poetry translation. |
| poems about war and peace: Poetry and Peace Richard Rankin Russell, 2022-09-30 Poetry and Peace explores Longley's and Heaney's poetic fidelity to the imagination and their creation, through poetry, of a powerful cultural and sacred space. |
| poems about war and peace: Minds at War David Roberts, 1996 The First World War cast its shadow over the 20th century. The poets were those most gifted to record the personal, moral and spiritual impact of those traumatic years. This anthology contains 250 poems by 80 poets, including photographs & maps. |
| poems about war and peace: Amazing Peace Maya Angelou, 2010-11-03 This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all faiths. In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires us to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.” Read by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree at the White House on December 1, 2005, Maya Angelou’ s celebration of the “Glad Season” is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of life. |
| poems about war and peace: The Poems of Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen, 1994 This volume contains all of Owen's best known work, only four of which were published in his lifetime. His war poems were based on his acute observations of the soldiers with whom he served on the Western front, and reflect the horror and waste of World War One. |
| poems about war and peace: Words for War Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky, 2022-06-14 The armed conflict in the east of Ukraine brought about an emergence of a distinctive trend in contemporary Ukrainian poetry: the poetry of war. Directly and indirectly, the poems collected in this volume engage with the events and experiences of war, reflecting on the themes of alienation, loss, dislocation, and disability; as well as justice, heroism, courage, resilience, generosity, and forgiveness. In addressing these themes, the poems also raise questions about art, politics, citizenship, and moral responsibility. The anthology brings together some of the most compelling poetic voices from different regions of Ukraine. Young and old, female and male, somber and ironic, tragic and playful, filled with extraordinary terror and ordinary human delights, the voices recreate the human sounds of war in its tragic complexity. |
| poems about war and peace: War is Kind Stephen Crane, 1899 |
| poems about war and peace: Carrying the Darkness William Daniel Ehrhart, 1989 An anthology of Vietnam War poetry, featuring the work of seventy-five poets. |
| poems about war and peace: Why War Is Never a Good Idea Alice Walker, 2007-09-18 Though War is Old It has not Become wise. Poet and activist Alice Walker personifies the power and wanton devastation of war in this evocative poem. Stefano Vitale’s compelling paintings illustrate this unflinching look at war’s destructive nature and unforeseen consequences. |
| poems about war and peace: World War One British Poets Candace Ward, 2012-03-05 DIVRich selection of powerful, moving verse includes Brooke's The Soldier, Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth, In Flanders Fields, by Lieut. Col. McCrae, more by Hardy, Kipling, many others. /div |
| poems about war and peace: Trumpet and Flag Edward Sydney Tylee, 1906 |
| poems about war and peace: Poems of Peace and War Elizabeth H. Connor, 1917 |
| poems about war and peace: War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry Charles Cantalupo, 2009-12-01 War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry focuses on Eritrean written poetry from roughly the last three decades of the twentieth century. The poems appear in the anthology Who Needs a Story? Contemporary Eritrean Poetry in Tigrinya, Tigre and Arabic from which a selection is offered here in their original scripts of Ge'ez or Arabic, and in English translation. Who Needs a Story? is the first anthology of contemporary poetry from Eritrea ever published, and War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry is the first book on the subject. Therefore, the groundbreaking effort of the former warrants a discussion of its means of cultural production. All of the poets in Who Needs a Story? participated in the Eritrean struggle for independence (1961-91) as freedom fighters and/or as supporters in the Eritrean diaspora. Thus, contemporary Eritrean poetry divides itself between experiences of war and peace, although one can contain the other as well. War and Peace in Contemporary Eritrean Poetry also includes an extended analysis of one of Eritrea's most famous contemporary poets Reesom Haile, as an example of the kind of extended analysis that many of the poets of Who Needs a Story? should stimulate and, last but not least, a meditation on how the author, a non-native speaker, personally becomes involved in Eritrean poetry translation. |
| poems about war and peace: Who Needs a Story? Ghirmai Negash, Charles Cantalupo, 2005 Poetry. African American Studies. The first anthology ever published of poetry from Eritrea written in Tigrinya, Tigre and Arabic, WHO NEEDS A STORY? contains English translations and the originals of thirty-six poems by twenty-two poets over roughly the last three decades. The way that contemporary Eastern European poets were first read widely in the 1970s and South American poets in the 1960s--without whose influence contemporary poetry in English and most languages is unimaginable--now is the time for African language poets to be similarly heard, with Eritrean poets as part of the vanguard. For at least four thousand years--from the ancient stele in Belew Kelew to the 20th century battlefields of Eritrea's heroic struggle for independence--and into the 21st century, Eritrean poets have never given up writing in their own languages, which is why their poetry thrives. WHO NEEDS A STORY? translates this remarkable legacy--Ngugi wa Thiong'o. |
| poems about war and peace: Poems from the First World War Gaby Morgan, 2014-05 Collection of poems written by people who experienced the war first hand - from soldiers to nurses, families and sweethearts. Themes range from early excitement, patriotism, bravery, friendship and loyalty to heartbreak, disillusionment and regret as the damaging effects of the war were revealed. Poets include Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Vera Brittain, Eleanor Farjeon, and many more. |
| poems about war and peace: If I Should Die Rupert Brooke, 1996 |
| poems about war and peace: Peace Poem Anthology Ideas Hub Chelmsford, 2019-04-16 No more blood shed.This is the sound of peace.In 2018, the centenary of the end of the First World War, the Chelmsford Ideas Festival encouraged local children and adults to look back and reflect on the last hundred years of conflict and peace. The poems within this anthology take many different forms; some were penned during school or community workshops with poets and historians, while others were simply the product of personal inspiration. All are united, however, by the theme of peace - whether understood in contrast to the horrors of war, through the symbolism of poppies, through loss, remembrance, spirituality or simply a quiet moment in the day. |
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