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War poems
Poetry resources around the theme of war and conflict.
Never Such Innocence
(2018) UK-German Connection's project engaging young people in the First World War centenary through poetry, art and song
The poetry of World War 1
(The Poetry Foundation) - a collection of poems written throughout the duration of WW1
Great War poems
- poems and poetic forms on the theme of conflict
First World War Centenary Poetry Collection
(LibriVox) - a collection of poetry to commemorate WW1, mostly in English but includes poems in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Russian.
Poems on the Underground
- examples of war poems displayed on London’s underground cars, commemorating poems by English, French, Italian and Austrian poets, during Autumn 2014
How to teach ... war memorials and war poetry
(The Guardian, 3 November 2014) - lesson ideas for teaching war poetry from the Guardian's Teacher Network
French
La guerre au Luxembourg
by Blaise Cendrars (Poemes)
Merveille de la guerre
by Guillaume Apollinaire (Toutelapoesie)
La victoire
by Guillaume Apollinaire (Toutelapoesie)
Dans l'abri-averne
by Guillaume Apollinaire (Toutelapoesie)
Familiale
- audio soundtrack of the poem by Berthe Mouchette, provided by Alliance Française, Melbourne, Australia.
German
German war poetry
(Trenches on the Web) - a collection of war poems in German written by front line soldiers
Italian
Poetry in foreign language teaching
(Lund University) - includes short verses from WW1 in Italian and links to video files on YouTube.
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