Since 1998 during the week of Christmas, the Messenger Index has printed “A Soldier’s Poem.” The poem was written by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James Schmidt in 1986. Written in the ...

Many Ukrainians are turning to poetry as a symbol of patriotism and resistance. Some say it’s a creative platform to express their feelings about the war or to stir a degree of national pride during ...

At the time, he was just another soldier poet writing about the war. So why, after all these years, do we see Wilfred Owen’s poetry as a defining image of World War One? A select group of well ...