Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam VeteransLarry Rottmann, Jan Barry, Basil T. Paquet A collection of poems by Vietnam War veterans. |
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... metal throats and washing Your spittle down with warm beer at night , So tired of tucking you all in , And smelling you all on me for hours . I'd sooner be in New England this winter With pine pitch on my hands than your blood , Lightly ...
... metal throats and washing Your spittle down with warm beer at night , So tired of tucking you all in , And smelling you all on me for hours . I'd sooner be in New England this winter With pine pitch on my hands than your blood , Lightly ...
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... metal and smoke , shrapnel screeching in its arc of death , detonated for flesh ripping of Oriental skin . WHAT PANIC IN A MAN'S SOUL ! In the morning fog and retreat , I , Hank Bassard , Keeper of the Foxhole , walk aimlessly , looking ...
... metal and smoke , shrapnel screeching in its arc of death , detonated for flesh ripping of Oriental skin . WHAT PANIC IN A MAN'S SOUL ! In the morning fog and retreat , I , Hank Bassard , Keeper of the Foxhole , walk aimlessly , looking ...
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... metal To warn of the on - coming Assault of men , the long battle Filled with cries of " in - coming , " That sent them crawling about Into the pocked earth , waiting for the promise Of thudding hosannas , like a gathering of devout ...
... metal To warn of the on - coming Assault of men , the long battle Filled with cries of " in - coming , " That sent them crawling about Into the pocked earth , waiting for the promise Of thudding hosannas , like a gathering of devout ...
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25th Infantry Division Afternoon Pickup Game American Basil Bien Hoa blood Blue Jungle Bronze Shades brother bullets chest CHIGAN clouds Cobra dark dead Dick Doc Lap Don Receveur dreams dust dying earth elephant grass eyes face fire fire fire flesh Free Fire Zone Genghis Khan gifts girls gook grass Green Death Green hell green jungle guns hands Hanoi Hannah Herbert Krohn Hoa Binh Honai hootches Hue City Indochina Jan Barry John Stulett kill land Land Of Oz Larry Rottmann limbs lips LZ Gator metal Michael Casey MICHIGAN mouth move Muddy body bags napalm Nha Trang night Paquet peace poem rain rifle Saigon screams Serigo silent sing smell soldiers Song soul of ships Stan Platke Thap Ba Tho's UNIV UNIVERSITY VERSITY Viet village W. D. Ehrhart walk watch wind Winning Hearts Wire wounds Xuan Loc Young In Rice