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War: New and Selected Poems
James Thomas Fletcher enlisted in the United States Army on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1969. He was an M-60 machine gunner in Vietnam.
Revised and greatly expanded from the first edition.
Fletcher's books of poetry all contain poems that touch on war to some degree, from the Trojan War through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond. Those poems hint at psychic wounds, at displaced lives, at Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and at the helplessness of survivors. Most of these poems deal more directly with the author's military service in Vietnam.
Revised and greatly expanded from the first edition.
Fletcher's books of poetry all contain poems that touch on war to some degree, from the Trojan War through the World Wars to Vietnam and beyond. Those poems hint at psychic wounds, at displaced lives, at Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and at the helplessness of survivors. Most of these poems deal more directly with the author's military service in Vietnam.
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Published November 1, 2020
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About the author
James Thomas Fletcher
26 books10 followersJames Thomas Fletcher is native to Oklahoma. After a brief stint in college, he left the state to see if the rest of the world existed. Along the way, he picked cotton, made fiberglass and, in hazmat suit, cleaned filters inside a nuclear laundry. He was an M-60 machine gunner in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, company clerk at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, (NATO\SHAPE) in Belgium, bartender in South Carolina, bricklayer in Oklahoma, oil field chainhand in Louisiana, roustabout in the Gulf of Mexico, English instructor in North Carolina, and Director of Computer-Aided Instruction at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Academically, he holds Master’s of Arts in English degrees in Creative Writing and Composition & Rhetoric, has been honored for outstanding teaching, and presented at national and international conferences on the subject of computer pedagogy. In addition, he has earned Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Advanced Certified Novell Administrator computer certifications.
Now retired, his motorcycle and hang glider long since sold. His pilot's license expired. He no longer restores pinball machines, skydives, scubas, sails, or paints. He has forgotten how to play the bagpipe. His didgeridoo sits idle. He was once removed by the director from a part in his own stage play, but that has not discouraged him from continuing to write. He has written short stories, plays, and screenplays, but favors poetry.
He lives on the side of a volcano in the Republic of Panamá
Academically, he holds Master’s of Arts in English degrees in Creative Writing and Composition & Rhetoric, has been honored for outstanding teaching, and presented at national and international conferences on the subject of computer pedagogy. In addition, he has earned Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Advanced Certified Novell Administrator computer certifications.
Now retired, his motorcycle and hang glider long since sold. His pilot's license expired. He no longer restores pinball machines, skydives, scubas, sails, or paints. He has forgotten how to play the bagpipe. His didgeridoo sits idle. He was once removed by the director from a part in his own stage play, but that has not discouraged him from continuing to write. He has written short stories, plays, and screenplays, but favors poetry.
He lives on the side of a volcano in the Republic of Panamá
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November 3, 2020
The pale battalions
of the mouthless dead
forever march behind
every combat soldier.
Yet only the living
may reflect on war
and its psychological
aftermath.
Many have stories
to tell.
Here are fragments
of mine.
of the mouthless dead
forever march behind
every combat soldier.
Yet only the living
may reflect on war
and its psychological
aftermath.
Many have stories
to tell.
Here are fragments
of mine.
November 3, 2020
The pale battalions
of the mouthless dead
forever march behind
every combat soldier.
Yet only the living
may reflect on war
and its psychological
aftermath.
Many have stories
to tell.
Here are fragments
of mine.
of the mouthless dead
forever march behind
every combat soldier.
Yet only the living
may reflect on war
and its psychological
aftermath.
Many have stories
to tell.
Here are fragments
of mine.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews