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Overwatch

By D.A.Gray

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read his poem: Therapy

read his poem: Blackhawk Crash Anaconda
The New World Order

By Martin Levinson

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When Weeping Is Under Everything

By Laura Wisniewski

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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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night vision

By Randy Brown

Afghanistan
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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
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caravan of fools

By Andrew Ferrante

Iraq
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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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Recent Posts

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  • Review: Welcome to FOB Haiku
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