War

I know not
with what weapons
World War III will be fought,
but World War IV will be fought
with sticks and stones.

—Albert Einstein

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The first casualty when war comes is truth.

—Hiram Johnson

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In peace, sons bury their fathers.
In war, fathers bury their sons.

—Herodotus

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Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

—Duke of Wellington

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I will not play tug o' war,
I'd rather play hug o' war,
where everyone hugs
instead of tugs,
where everyone giggles
and rolls on the rug,
where everyone kisses,
and everyone grins,
and everyone cuddles,
and everyone wins.

—Shel Silverstein

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Sometime they'll give a war
and nobody will come.

—Carl Sandburg

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Only the dead have seen
the end of war.

—George Santayana

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Until the philosophy
which hold one race superior
and another
inferior
is finally
and permanently
discredited
and abandoned
Everywhere is war
Me say war

Bob Marley

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War, children
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Rolling Stones

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the war—
yet
these little birds

—Yves Gerbal

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Everyone is fighting a great battle.

—Plato

Note: Discretion and self-care advised in exploring some of the following.

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Poem: Building with Its Face Blown Off

Two Pieces For Strings: Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff

Less Likely

Poem: The Second Coming

Poem: Darkness

Poem: At the Un-National Monument along the Canadian Border

Poem: Some People Love War Like a Song

Poem: Some People Love War Like a House

Poem: Best Fall

Poem: Brief reflection on accuracy

Poem: Play

Poem: Every Land

War poetry

Against Forgetting

Restoring a fragmented world

A Chorus of Stones

War is a force that gives us meaning

Poets of World War I

The War

World War II poets

The Vietnam War

Poetry of the Vietnam War

60 anti-war songs

Dispatches

PBS Frontline

Human Rights Watch

Agnus Dei / Adagio for Strings

When they come for the poets

Poem: Please Call Me By My True Names

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