KS3 War Poetry Anthology Booklet

Check out this range of 15 poems that focus on wars from different cultures. From World War One to the Iraq war, this anthology aims to capture the thoughts, feelings and emotions of individuals across the world. Each poem has information about the poet. PLUS! There are pages dedicated to contextual information, where students can research and better understand the wars that have impacted the poets.

See the selections of poems below:

• Anthem for Doomed Youth, Wilfred Owen
• Dulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen
• Who’s for the Game?, Jessie Pope
• The Gift of India, Sarojini Naidu
• Untitled, Takijiro Onishi
• War Baby, Pamela Holmes
• We are Not Blessed, Nikolay Mayorov
• The Butterfly, Pavel Freidmann
• High Flight, John Gillespie Magee
• All of Us or None, Bertolt Brecht
• Songs of Love and War, Sayd Bahoudine Majrouh
• The Brutal Game, Alex Cocker
• Helmand, John Hawhead
• Landays, Rashila Mushka
• War Sees No Colour, Donna Zephrine

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