What are your favourite poems about war?

As ever, we’d love to hear your suggestions for the best war poems which you’d recommend. If you want to read the poems listed below, we’ve provided a link (on the poem’s title) which will take you through to it. Laurence Binyon, ‘For the Fallen‘. read more

My favourite poem about war is definitely Dulce Et Decorem Est by Wilfred Owen. The Imagery is so strong, you almost feel you are there. There are also many other poems on War written by Wilfred Owen. read more

Many of the most moving and memorable poems to emerge from the second world war were written by Americans. Jarrell, who served in the US Army Air Corps, was concerned with victims, the most famous of whom was the subject of this poem. read more