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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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Everyone is fighting a great battle.

—Plato

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Note: Discretion and self-care advised in exploring 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: Best Fall

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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