“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
Veteran Writing Showcase
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.
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
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Army Veteran, Author, and Poet Edgar Allen Poe with his Poem A Dream Within a Dream
Edgar Allen Poe is most often remembered for dark, haunting stories and poems. He is rarely remembered as a military
British Poet and WWI Officer in the British Army Philip Edward Thomas with his Poem “The Owl”
Edward Thomas was already an accomplished poet, biographer, and travel writer when he enlisted in the British Army in 1915.
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Naval Officer, UN Peacekeeper and Poet Carl Nyberg with his Poem “The Sloth of Casual Violence”
The Sloth of Casual Violence By Carl Nyberg ©2025 A rich neighbor On a hill Some minor Substance abuse issues