“Retronym time” from “Time Pieces” [by Rachel Wetzsteon]

Retronym time

Cheering: it was done.
But soon the Great War would be
renamed World War One. 

— from "Time Pieces" by Rachel Wetzsteon 

"Time Pieces" first appeared in The New Criterion and was selected by Kevin Young for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2011 and by Robert Pinsky for inclusion in The Best of the Best American Poetry 25th Anniversary Edition

— sdl (11/11/18)