War Music is the working title of British poet Christopher Logue's long-term project to create a modernist poem based on Homer's Iliad, begun in 1959.
It was followed by two additional sections, All Day Permanent Red (2003) and Cold Calls, the latter of which won the 2005 Whitbread Poetry Award.
[2] The new version was given a modernist, Imagist style and omits most of Homer's notable stylistic features for a looser structure.
In June 2001, Verse Theater Manhattan (VTM) presented a two-man production of "Kings", adapted and directed by James Milton.
In September 2001, VTM opened a production of "War Music" featuring a cast of three women and also adapted and directed by Mr. Milton.