war poem about losing a loved one?

Possibly the greatest war poem ever written is Keith Douglas' Vergissmeinnicht ('Forget Me Not').

It isn't directly about losing a loved one, but someone in the poem has lost a loved one.

As you will find out.

Missing A Loved One Poem

My boy Jack is Kipling's poem about the loss of his son. The Telegram is about getting the news and Hardy's A Wife in London refers to the Boer War. I was surprised that it was hard to find poems about losing a loved one in war - most of the famous ones are about the waste of life in general, like Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth. That ends in a rhyming couplet. Hope your search is more successful than mine!

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago.

Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked them, ev'ry one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone? Long time passing. Where have all the young girls gone? Long time ago.

Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men ev'ry one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone? Long time passing. Where have all the young men gone? Long time ago.

Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers ev'ry one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing. Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago.

Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, ev'ry one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing. Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago.

Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, ev'ry one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?