war poetry

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When the horses ride by

children in the times of war
A collection of poems about children's perceptions and experiences of war throughout the world.
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When the horses ride by

children in the times of war
A collection of poems about children's perceptions and experiences of war throughout the world.

Carrying the darkness

the poetry of the Vietnam War
1989
An anthology of Vietnam War poetry, featuring the work of seventy-five poets.

Drum-taps

the complete 1865 edition
Presents a collection of war poems about the Civil War by the American poet, Walt Whitman.

Eternity on hold

2005
Presents a collection of poems that ruminate on the complexities of solitude, war, suffering, and exile.

Battle-pieces and aspects of the war

1995
A facsimile edition of the 1866 publication containing seventy-two poems on major campaigns, battles, and events of the Civil War, representing the author's first foray into the world of poetry.

The Civil War world of Herman Melville

1993
Discusses Melville's Battle-Pieces, a book of poems that chronicles the Civil War from John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry through Lincoln's assassination.

War poets

2012
Profiles twenty-five war poets, including a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements, including Rupert Brooke, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Chinua Achebe.

Warhorses

poems
2008
A collection of poems based on themes of war and conflict by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.

Vietnam, we've all been there

interviews with American writers
1992

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