War Poem #36 (peace offering dream) i plait november’s red willows into my greying hair crouch then crawl inside the desert’s holy waters where there a fallen bough ...

Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. YOUSEF: I don't write poems; poems write my story. I want security so I can live in peace. ABOUL ...

Former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford wrote a “A Proclamation for Peace” poem several years ago. But today it has a new resonance. It’s been published in a new book, along with ...

Poetry has the power to motivate, or it can be appreciated for its beauty and forgotten. Especially in a time of war, we must hold the vision of peace before our eyes, ...