Modern War Poetry and poems of the First World War

Modern war poems

First World War Poetry

The First World War section includes some of the most famous war poems of all time by Wilfred Owen and others. The basic notes provided with some of these poems will be useful for students. There is biographical information about 25 First World War poets, with substantial amounts on Wilfred Owen in particular. 

For information about anthologies of poetry, collections of poems by specific war poets, and relevant history books please see the books page.

Dulce et Decorum Est - a new video reading of the poem  -  October 2012. Also, the text of the poem and explanatory notes on it. (Over 11,000 people viewed this video in the first six months of its existence.)

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Are you planning a Remembrance Event or writing a Remembrance Poem? We have new pages for you where you can contribute your ideas, thoughts, comments and poetry directly to this website. In time this may become a very useful resource for everyone interested in Remembrance poetry and events.

Main page of Remembrance Poems - link

Powerful new poem about his experiences and memories of Iraq in 2007 by Ed Poynter. See 2013 poems.

Also new in 2013 - German Jewish Poetry of the First World War translated into English. Most of these poems have never been published in English till now and most are unknown in Germany.

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Tenth Anniversary of the Start of the Iraq War

Ten years after the Invasion of Iraq it is worth looking back to the poems about the invasion written at the time.

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Magnificent First World War poetry anthology

If you are seriously studying the poetry of the First World War then We Are the Dead is certain to interest you because it breaks new ground. Poems and war paintings from five countries combine to make this a collection like no other anthology of First World War poetry.

This new hardback book, lavishly illustrated in colour throughout by the great war artists of The First World War and containing British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, French and German poetry, was edited by David Roberts and published by The Red Horse Press in 2012.

Superbly printed on quality paper. A book that should be in every library.  £25-00. 

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See reviews and ratings of Minds at War
on the Good Reads website.

More about Minds at War on the War Poetry website..

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A shorter alternative to Minds at War is Out in the Dark.

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Link to new page of poems by Curtis D Bennett - former US pilot in Vietnam

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Falklands War Poetry(See below.) translated into Spanish
and published in Argentina

The title in Spanish is La Guerra de las Malvinas. It contains most of the poems in Falklands War Poetry and has a few additional poems written in Argentina. The English poems have been translated, edited and produced in Buenos Aires by Sue Littleton who was instrumental in finding the poems from Argentina which feature in Falklands War Poetry. More about this book.

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Part of the record of The Falklands War and the effects of war  -  an important part of Britain's modern history.
Thirtieth Anniversary of the war to repel the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, April-June  2012

Falklands War Poetry

Falklands War Poetry, edited by David Roberts was published by Saxon Books in spring 2012. Poems are from Britain, the Falkland Islands and Argentina.
For further details, click here.

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www.warpoetry.co.uk , the number one in search engines for "war poetry" More. . .

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