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Two poems

P.G. Simpkins


After Gettysburg

Tom Schmidt


Field Notes from Dunkirk

Lisa Alexander Baron


Neverwar

Amy D'Amico


Two poems

Gerard Sarnat


"Medal Winner"

Bill Conelly


"Feathers for the Fallen"

Liusaidh (Lucy McDowell)


"Fear is a Ghost in the Night Sky"

David G. Malcolm


"Achilles"

Timothy Tarkelly


"Gemology"

Bill Conelly


More poetry



Overwatch

By D.A.Gray

read Overwatch

read his poem: Therapy

read his poem: Blackhawk Crash Anaconda
The New World Order

By Martin Levinson

read this poem
When Weeping Is Under Everything

By Laura Wisniewski

read this
Theodosian Walls

By William Logan

What remains, what is gone.
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Egypt

By Keith Douglas

At ease.
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Blasted

By Eileen Malone

Skies of Afghanistan.
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Ernest in Elysium

By William Conelly

A meditation on the death of Ernest Hemingway.
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Link to my review of Alan Farrell for Vietnam Literature Project.

Link to my interview with Randy Brown for Live Oak Review


More poetry


night vision

By Randy Brown

Afghanistan
read this poem

read his poem: quiet as TOC rats

read his poem: dust bunnies and combat boots
The Known Soldier

By Liùsaidh

New wine in old bottles
read this poem
caravan of fools

By Andrew Ferrante

Iraq
read this poem

Articles, Reviews, and Comments


Call for a Civilian War Casualties Day

By Stephen Sossaman

What about your community?.
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Nothing But the Clouds Unchanged: Artists in World War I

By Stephen Sossaman

Companion to the Getty Center exhibit.
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Reviews


Randy Brown, Welcome to FOB Haiku

By Stephen Sossaman

Afghanistan and after
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William Conelly, Uncontested Grounds

By Stephen Sossaman

Moments of a Life
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Carolyn Forche, The Angel of History

By Leonore Wilson

Still powerful after all these years.
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Alice Oswald, Memorial

By Stephen Sossaman

Brilliant, just brilliant.
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Alan Farrell, Expended Casings

By Stephen Sossaman

Quirky, unexpected poems from the Viet Nam War.
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Michael Casey, Check Points

By Stephen Sossaman

Latest poems by the author of Obscenities.
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