Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.

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Since January 2003, we've received thousands of poems, statements of conscience, and letters of support. 

As of September 2004, our team of volunteer editors has reviewed more than 22,000 poems. We can't showcase every poem, but on this page you'll find a monthly posting of poems or statements that have been suggested to us by poets and editors around the world.


June, 2009

Jean Gerard, Age 94 CACOPHONY IN C# MINOR

Alegria Imperial, Age 62, Vancouver, BC alien notes

Randolph Nesbitt, Age 47, Aliso Viejo, CA This Imperial Blonde War Burns Under a Crimson Moon

Leslie McClintock, Age 61 Blue Angels

Randolph Nesbitt, Age 47 The Elephant Holds Peace in Its Tusk Like a Goldfish in Your Palm

Laura Tattoo Age 52 Astoria, Oregon Iraq Haiku Series I-V


May, 2009

Nathan Bilger, Age 30 Message from Poet to General

Jean Gerard, Age 95 Commissioned, DEFINING A COMMON NOUN

Christian Ward. Age 28 The Year the Blackbirds Died

 

March, 2009

Jean Gerard, Age:94 Dreams of my Daughters

Geraldine Green Age:53 United Kingdom IN THE POCKET OF THE WOUNDED SOLDIER

Matthew Guariglia, Age 18 When the Street Party ended.

Alan Husband, A few images on non-resistance to evil

David Krieger, Age 60, Santa Barbara, CA Bombing Gaza

Paul Lewton, Age 64, United Kingdom Eyeless in Gaza

Karen Margolis, Age 56 Berlin, Germany Gaza

Kevin Nicholson, Army National Guard, Iraq War

Heather Spears, Age 74, Denmark, Obscurant, A Sent Photo

 

January, 2009

Brian Edwards The Shrine

Allan Johnston, Age 59, Illinois Meditation on Bliss

Leslie McClintock, Age 61 Fourteen School Children Murdered in Kabul

Randolph Nesbitt, Age 47, Aliso Viejo, CA, Cold Front

Jan-Douglas Tuckley, Age 55 Finding Used Scrap Metal

Rewa Zeinati, Age 30 Gaza 2008 and Heavy

 

December, 2008

Joop Bersee, Accuracy

Cathleen Calbert, Age 43, Rhode Island, Softening Up

Randolph Nesbitt, Age 47, Aliso Viejo, CA, Cold Front

 

November, 2008

Izabel Sonia Ganz, A Birthday Card from Warsaw

Hadi Hajizadeh, Age 28, Wounded Soldier

Henry Howard, Age 50, Los Angeles, CA, Crosses in the Sand

Tasnim Qutait, Age 21, blue grievances

 

October, 2008

Red Cloud, let freedom ring

Benjamin Doty, Age 32, Minnesota Baby

Rodger Moody, Age 58, Eugene, Oregon Entering High School / Williamsport, Indiana, 1964

Randolph Nesbitt, Age 47, Aliso Viejo, California I Take This War Personal

Wesley Teal, Age 24, Iowa recollections for Brandon

 

September, 2008

Steve Vinson, Age 59, The Wounds: Then and Now

August, 2008

Kohleun Seo Adamson, Age 21, Oregon For Those Who Talk to Plants

Martha Duncan, Age 57 Listen

Marshall Gains, Age 29 cold inside

Paul Sprague, Age 57, New Hampshire The War at Home

 

June, 2008

Ilona Martonfi, Age 66, Canada The Air Raid

Randolph Nesbitt, Age 37, Aliso Viejo, CA A Brief, Despicable History of the World

Bethel Prescott, Age 47 Haiku

 

May, 2008

Henry Braun, Age 76, Maine In Memory of Benjamin Linder

John P. Cleary, Age 35 I have a soldier to thank

Red Cloud I say not who I really am

Antony Di Nardo, Age 58, West Beirut, Lebanon Tonight in West Beirut & You don't shoot the messenger

Cole Eubanks, Age 57, Atlantic City, NJ Bridge

Ken Head, Age 64, United Kingdom But the Child Died

Kilian Kuntz, Age 53, Portland, OR Remember

Natasha Maldonado, Age 22, New Jersey Iraq

Muhammad Shanazar, Pakistan An Engrossed Mother

Rayna Nielsen, Age 27, New Orleans, LA Washing Square Park

 


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