IN A comprehensive anthology of more than 400 pages, Mr. Williams has tried to include all the best poems written about war in the present century. He includes Hardy and Yeats, eight poets of the last ...

Two women have saved a war poet's work from being lost - twice over and more than 100 years apart. Only 24, Nowell Oxland ...

The War Poems are a daily witnessing of the pain and suffering of two nations. After waking to the news of the Israeli massacre by Hamas on October 7th, I had great difficulty expressing my pain, ...

THE one favor the Germans have done for us is to rub the glamour from war. They spoil everything they touch, and they seem to have spoiled even their own favorite outdoor sport; it is probable that ...

The movie begins with grainy war footage that has become all too familiar: Battleship Row belching thick, black smoke over Pearl Harbor; bombs dropping from the bellies of warplanes; American soldiers ...

With major wars raging in Europe and the Middle East and with the U.S. Veterans Day upon us, perhaps it is time to re-engage with the magnum opus of war poetry, Homer's "The Iliad." A new translation ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, Slate asked a handful of writers and editors to name a poem they turned to in a time of war. By the time we had gathered their responses, the second Gulf War was ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 13, 2018) -- Poetry has long served as a medium for capturing military history and the raw emotions of those who have experienced it. "It may seem strange to some, but in reality ...

We can be overwhelmed by reports filed from conflict zones. While they give a comprehensive account of a situation on the ground, sometimes the language fails. Which is where poetry comes in. One ...