Welcome to FOB Haiku: War Poems from Inside the Wire
| Autor: | Brown, Randy |
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| EAN: | 9780996931700 |
| Sachgruppe: | Belletristik |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 90 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 13.11.2015 |
| Schlagworte: | Poetry |
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A Military Writers Society of America 2016 Gold Medal in Poetry winner! An overseas tour de force and a memoir-in-verse! An evergreen satire of the "Forever War" in Afghanistan and Iraq!Armed with deadpan snark and poker-faced patriotism-and rooted in the coffee-black soil and plain-spoken voice of the American Midwest-journalist-turned-poet Randy Brown reveals behind-the-scenes stories of U.S. soldier-citizenship. "From Boot Camp to Bagram, Afghanistan." And back home again.The book includes haiku, sonnets, and less-traditional forms of poetry, intended to create moments of emphathy and conversation among military veterans and civilians.Here's a taste: THREE CUPS OF CHAI-KU1.I had hoped, I guess, for something more like Starbucks, not yellow water.2.We build our nationsone tea party at a time.They serve, we protect.3.No one here can leadthis endless talk of action."Que shura, shura."
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