War Poems - Page 7

I Love You So Much

• By Shona
• Published: February 2011

Dad,
Are you coming back?
You have been gone a long time.
I got a letter today that says I'm going to care,...

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Over To Iraq

• By Holly K. Thorn
• Published: February 2006

Over to Iraq he goes.
Over to the war of life or death.
He leaves his family in pain.
And in hope of a safe return....

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The Horror

• By Querida Schooner
• Published: January 2008

The horror,
The gas,
the death.
The taps,...

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Finding Peace

• By John Baumgartner
• Published: October 2016

Turmoil covers my eyes and my heart.
It never leaves me in day or dark.
Combat changed me to this way.
Hate and death seem to be with me to stay.

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Soldier Boy

• By Neil Smith
• Published: August 2017

Soldier boy, I see that you're hurting in disguise,
Showing no pain, but I see it in your eyes.
I know the pain that runs deep, and you feel it every day.
I see the fear in your eyes that never goes away.

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