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Adam Carson

Adam Carson is a retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel, now a professor at Command and General Staff College, Fort Gordon, Georgia-Satellite campus. He served two tours in Iraq, starting with the 2003 invasion, and two tours in Afghanistan, his last with 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment.

Darkness from Tarin Kowt

June 8, 2020 by Adam Carson

 
That year I spent in Tarin Kowt
in the heart of the Taliban
“Shadow Governors” from the Popalzai tribe
their black robes, henna beards and body odor

We venture into the city’s heart
for a shura that would never be
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Categories Poems, Poetry Tags adam carson, Afghanistan

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