A Canadian physician serving in the war penned the short poem that inspired the Memorial Day connection to the poppy.

The War Poems are a daily witnessing of the pain and suffering of two nations. After waking to the news of the Israeli massacre by Hamas on October 7th, ...

An important document of the tragic 10-year-long war in Sierra Leone exists and yet, until now, has had no international recognition. It is a collection of poems produced by a group of Sierra Leonean ...

Can revisiting the pain in the poems of the First World War remind us of the value of peace? Is it possible that we have found solace in their words, and our angst found a vent in their voice?

Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution?

The First World War was “one of the seminal moments of the twentieth century in which literate soldiers, plunged into inhuman conditions, reacted to their surroundings in poems”, writes ...

Here are two poems that reflect the mood of the world at this time. They were written in the middle twentieth century and talk about war at a time when war seized the consciousness of the world ...

Artyom Kamardin was convicted on charges of inciting hatred for reading his anti-war poems during a street performance in downtown Moscow in September 2022.

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch CIVIL WAR SURVEILLANCE POEMS (Part 1) (2020). Explore cast details and learn more on Moviefone.

In Lyudmyla Khersonska’s 2022 poem “War. Day 1,” a woman wearing “cheery pajamas” wakes up to an uninvited guest outside her door: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “In the ...