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, I had great difficulty expressing my pain ...

A Medal of Honor recipient's epic poem of war 04:26. It's not often (if ever) a recipient of the Medal of Honor is also a published poet. But retired Green Beret John Duffy turned his trial-by ...

Today’s Poem of the Day, continuing our week-long observance of the silencing of the guns of the First World War, illuminates Gurney the musician. His poem’s speaker dreads the sheer cacophony of ...

The first stanza of the poem reminds us of the spirit of a soldier even though he may die at war. This poem too, is optimistic and hopeful in its tonality, even though the theme at large is martyrdom.

Poem of the Day: ‘The Battle of Blenheim’ Coleridge called Robert Southey the complete man of letters — as he may have been, if ‘man of letters’ is a slightly sad title, given in courtesy to those who ...

His Poem No Longer Memorized, Even The Plaque Is Gone. Generations of American schoolchildren were compelled to read and memorize a Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872) titled ...