War is a frequent theme in poetry. Poets' Corner has quite a
few poems on the subject, including a number of collections.
An extensive collection can also be found at
A Treasury
of War Poems maintained by Bob Blair.
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The Picket Guard
by Ethyl Lynn Beers
a picket guard dies alone with his thoughts and prayers for home and family
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Hohenlinden
by Thomas Campbell
Few, few shall part where many meet!
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War Is Kind and Other Lines
by Stephen Crane
a collection of 28 poems by the author of The Red Badge of Courage
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The Guards Came Through
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
a rare piece of verse by the creator of Sherlock Holmes
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The Private of the Buffs
by Sir Francis Doyle
war tests the character of the heart and distinguishes the ignoble from the great
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Agincourt
by Michael Drayton
King Henry and his company defeat the French, though outnumbered 10 to 1
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The Coming War
by Sam Walter Foss
a "conversation" between a husband and wife about war?
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Edgehill Fight
by Rudyard Kipling
the English Civil War pits neighbor against neighbor
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Overheard In An Asylum
by Alfred Kreymborg
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The Arsenal at Springfield
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The Battle of Naseby
by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
Oh, evil was the root, and bitter was the fruit,
And crimson was the juice of the vintage that we trod;
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Lays of Ancient Rome
by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
stories of the Roman Empire, with notes by the author
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The Portent
by Herman Melville
John Brown's hanging
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Shiloh, A Requiem
by Herman Melville
a lonely church yard with the mingled dead
Foemen at morn, but friends at eve--
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Poems
by Wilfred Owen
another large collection of poems about various aspects of war maintained by Bob Blair
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Dulce et Decorum Est
by Wilfred Owen
written during WW I after the first use of Chlorine gas
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Sestina: Altaforte
by Ezra Pound
unusual, in that it celebrates war
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The Working Party
by Siegfried Sassoon
a vivid description of life and death in the trenches
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The Battle of Blenheim
by Robert Southey
what is the use of war?
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Charge of the Light Brigade
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
perhaps the best known verse on war
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
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The Siege of Belgrade
by Alaric Watts
An Austrian army, awfully arrayed,
Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade.
Subject - War