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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: WAR - CASUALTIES (STATISTICS, ETC.) Matches Found: 10 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AIRMAN, by STEPHEN SPENDER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He will watch the hawk with an indifferent eye Last Line: Hands, wings, are found. Alternate Author Name(s): Spender, Stephen (harold), Sir Subject(s): Air Force - United States; Aviation & Aviators; Birds; Hawks; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) HEART OF LOUISIANA, by HARRIET STANTON Poem Source First Line: Oh! Let me weep, while o'er our land Last Line: And hope no more the wrong shall live Subject(s): American Civil War; Louisiana; Patriotism; U.s. - History; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) IRON GRAYS, by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We twine the wreath of honor Last Line: And the war-torch burns no more Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker Subject(s): Soldiers; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.); World War Ii ODE TO THE DODGER DEAD, by LEIGH PALMER Poem Source First Line: Our clothesline parallels the union line Last Line: The lion's corpse becomes a honeycomb Subject(s): American Civil War; Civil War; Death; Graves; Soldiers; U.s. - History; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) POETRY AND THE WAR, by JOHN KOETHE Poem Source First Line: The bombs bloom in the same green light Last Line: Done in my name. I feel ashamed and numb Subject(s): Bombs; Death; Poetry And Poets; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) REPLANTING THE PEACH ORCHARD, by RONALD E. MCFARLAND Poem Source First Line: The way blood flowed and flesh Last Line: Larry's pockets bulged with lead Subject(s): American Civil War; Civil War; Death; Fights; Military; U.s. - History; Violence; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) SOLDIER'S REST, by ROQUE DALTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dead grow more intractable every day Last Line: They are the majority! Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; Heroism; Soldiers; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) STORM; PROVINCETOWN, by JENNIFER ROSE Poem Source First Line: Last night's rain fell as thick as gettysburg's volleys Last Line: How the bell and foghorn learn each other's language Subject(s): American Civil War; Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Heroism; Military; Soldiers; U.s. - History; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.) THE SOLDIER'S SEA CHANGE, by DANIEL HUGH VERDER Poem Text First Line: What do you carry, slow moving ship Last Line: Crimsons the dismal flowing flood. Subject(s): Death; Patriotism; Soldiers; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.); World War I; Youth; Dead, The; First World War WAR, by CARL N. LISCHKA Poem Text First Line: As a hurricane bellowing thunder Last Line: For the dawn of thy smile—and peace! Subject(s): Death; Soldiers; War - Casualties (statistics, Etc.); Dead, The |
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