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His first published work, a poem about his alma mater Swarthmore College, appeared seven years later in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the following year eight of his poems were included in Winning Hearts and Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. Exclusively a poet until he was almost 30, he has since written and published a wide ...
Facing It" is a poem by American poet and author Yusef Komunyakaa. It is a reflection on Komunyakaa's first visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Komunyakaa served in Vietnam and was discharged from the Army in 1966, during which time he wrote for army newspaper Southern Cross. It is the second poem written by Komunyakaa about Vietnam. R. S.
3.1 Short stories. 3.2 Editor. 3.3 Anthologies. 4 References. ... "Leroy V. Quintana", Vietnam Veterans History Project "Five Poems About Vietnam", American Experience
In 1967, he became the principal founder and first president of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. [3] American poet and scholar W. D. Ehrhart described Barry as an integral figure to Vietnam veterans' poetry, "not only for his own pioneering poems, but especially for his tireless efforts to encourage and promote the work of others". [4]
The Vietnam Years: 1000 Questions and Answers (1986) (with Micheal Clodfelter) On Snipers, Laughter and Death: Vietnam Poems (1992) Under a Flare-Lit Sky: Vietnam Poems (1996) Notes to the Man who Shot Me: Vietnam War Poems. Coal City review. University of Kansas, English Department. 2003. ISBN 9787774580310
Pages in category "Vietnam War poems" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Facing It;
More attention came with the publication of Dien Cai Dau (Vietnamese for "crazy in the head"), published in 1988, which focused on his experiences in Vietnam and won the Dark Room Poetry Prize. Included was the poem "Facing It", in which the speaker of the poems visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.: He's lost his right arm
Gerald McCarthy (born 1947) is a poet who has written about his experiences as a marine in Vietnam.He has received awards from the National Writers Union and the New York State Council on the Arts, [1] [better source needed] and has twice been a visiting artist at The American Academy in Rome. [2]