British Private Isaac Rosenberg’s “Break of Day in the Trenches”: Humanity Amid World War I
British World War I Private Isaac Rosenberg is best known for the poetry he wrote in the trenches. Unfortunately, he
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Veteran Writing Showcase
Veteran Writing Showcase is a place for veterans to bring their short stories, poems, and personal essays to share with veteran and civilian visitors to the Paper Poppy Press site. It is a place for veterans to be seen and to foster a better understanding of our experience.
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“The Negro Poet” by Civil War Veteran and Poet Roscoe C. Jamison Offers a Different Perspective on Time in Service
The poem “The Negro Soldiers” is more than art. It is a voice bearing witness to the experience of war
Vietnam War Veteran and Poet James Raab with a Poem that Explores the Human Condition and Our Ultimate Responsibility to One Another
Written by a Vietnam War Veteran, this poem examines who we are, what we carry, and what we owe each
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“On Needle Bed”-A Poem of Endurance by Army Veteran Frances Wiedenhoeft
“On Needle Bed” invites readers into a quiet clearing where exhaustion, memory, and relief meet. The imagery of pine needles,
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“Roundel” of Remembrance: Vera Brittain’s WWI Nurses Lament
Vera Brittain wrote “Roundel” while she served as a nurse in WWI, tending to young soldiers whose lives were slipping
Army Veteran James Raab Shares His Contemplation “Conscientious Observer”: The Distillation of a Life Well Lived
Writing after war is an act of courage and faith. When the act or art of quiet contemplation can too
Before the Beaches , Captain Barnes Ware Final Message Home Before His Altimate Sacrifice at Omaha Beach, Normandy
I chose to include the image of Captain Ware’s poem so that you could see the longing for home and
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“How Do We Support the Troops?” A Veteran’s Reckoning with the Threat of New Wars by Iraq, Afghanistan and Desert Storm Veteran Frances Wiedenhoeft
War leaves marks that don’t always show, and slogans rarely hold the weight of what service members actually endure. In
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In a poem designed to bring out our better selves here is Poet, Writer, Naval Officer and UN Peacekeeper Carl Nyberg and “The Need for Revolution Will Be Televised”
In the breadth and depth of his experience, Carl Nyberg has seen the best and worst of humanity. Reflectively and
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American Poet, WWI Veteran and French Foreign Legion Volunteer Alan Seeger with his Poem “I have a Rendezvous with Death”
Alan Seeger was an American poet who had graduated from Harvard and moved to France to pursue a life of