The most popular war poetry books of 2024

War poetry bears witness to conflict. Soldiers in the trenches, civilians under bombardment and those left to mourn have written some of the most powerful poems in any language. Short and unsparing, they say what official histories leave out. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Combines Poetry and War

Cover of 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem

36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem

Nam Le

Published 2024

80 pages

Cover of The Palace of Forty Pillars

The Palace of Forty Pillars

Armen Davoudian

Published 2024

88 pages

Cover of Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

Michael Korda

2024 · 2025 edition

400 pages

Cover of The Life of Tu Fu

The Life of Tu Fu

Eliot Weinberger

Published 2024

64 pages

Cover of Food for the Dead ‘Beautiful and necessary’ Ilya Kaminsky

Food for the Dead ‘Beautiful and necessary’ Ilya Kaminsky

Charlotte Shevchenko Knight

Published 2024

80 pages

Cover of Great War Modernists

Great War Modernists

Lee M. Jenkins

Published 2024

200 pages

Cover of Rock Flight

Rock Flight

Hasib Hourani

2024 · 2025 edition

80 pages

Cover of This Opening Sky

This Opening Sky

Kelly Hollman, Charlotte Sherman

Published 2024

160 pages

Cover of Lux Victrix

Lux Victrix

Gene Dark

Published 2024

436 pages

Cover of On the Edges of Sleep Poems of War and Memory

On the Edges of Sleep Poems of War and Memory

Claude Anshin Thomas

Published 2024

136 pages

Cover of Alive with Poppies

Alive with Poppies

Tomos Roberts, Sharon Rentta

Published 2024

32 pages

Cover of The Murmuring Grief of the Americas

The Murmuring Grief of the Americas

Daniel Borzutzky

Published 2024

136 pages

Cover of Traces of Memory The Life and Work of Else Dormitzer (1877-1958)

Traces of Memory The Life and Work of Else Dormitzer (1877-1958)

Sandra Alfers, Cornelius Partsch

Published 2024

188 pages

Cover of Tale of Ahmed

Tale of Ahmed

Henry Cockburn, Nelofer Pazira

Published 2024

238 pages

Cover of Letters From Pearl

Letters From Pearl

Clyde Michael McLain

Published 2024

160 pages

Cover of I Brought the War with Me Stories and Poems from the Front Line

I Brought the War with Me Stories and Poems from the Front Line

Lindsey Hilsum

Published 2024

278 pages

Cover of This is Not the Exit Poems

This is Not the Exit Poems

Qiana Towns

Published 2024

32 pages

Cover of 100% Unofficial Fortnite Annual 2025

100% Unofficial Fortnite Annual 2025

Farshore, 100% Unofficial

Published 2024

72 pages

Cover of Songs for Walt

Songs for Walt

Garrett Buhl Robinson

Published 2024

98 pages

Cover of The Indignity of Knowing Perspectives in Verse of a Military Life

The Indignity of Knowing Perspectives in Verse of a Military Life

Amber Albritton

Published 2024

140 pages

Cover of The Dialogues

The Dialogues

Armand Garnet Ruffo

Published 2024

144 pages

Cover of The Soldier's Friend Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

The Soldier's Friend Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War

Gary Golio, E. B. Lewis

Published 2024

40 pages

Cover of The Riding Gallery

The Riding Gallery

Sally Murphy

Published 2024

176 pages

Cover of Pan Tadeusz. the Last Foray in Lithuania A Tale of the Polish Nobility in the Years 1811 and 1812 in Twelve Books

Pan Tadeusz. the Last Foray in Lithuania A Tale of the Polish Nobility in the Years 1811 and 1812 in Twelve Books

Adam Mickiewicz

Published 2024

252 pages

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