Possession turns on him like swimming ducks, see the flash of the muzzles. has retaken thetrenches. Surely, in the process of trying, the best of them have added immeasurably to the body and soul of Americanpoetry. the sun going down. It had a profound impact on me. Except for that, While thousands note their passing, and proclaim that they were great. these were only the mosquitos. that as we grow old, we will not grow evil, Indeed, of the 36 poems, only ten deal with the war. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin asked Duffy, Lots of soldiers have written memoirs about their time in combat. In Farmers Song at Can Tho, hewrites: What is a man but a farmer that we will be keepers of a garden,nonetheless. Kill or die is our fate. Above, the Fink ended up spending a year in Vietnam. Substitute Afghanistan for Vietnam and it is current.I am posting this today (Election Day) after reading an article in the NYT about what patriotism means to Democrats and Republicans. Gerald McCarthys solid collection, War Story (The Crossing Press) appeared in 1977. And thats the essence of war.Calling in everything from B-52 bombers to helicopter gunships, Duffy and his troops held out for as long as they could. In 227 very short and often bleakly humorous poems, Layne traces the life of his fictional Audie Murphy from birth through childhood to enlistment in the Marines, then boot camp, a tour of duty in Vietnamincluding capture by the North Vietnameseand finally home again. then at least let's give him homage, at the ending of his days. But he chose to do his alternative service in Vietnam, first as a teacher of linguistics at the University of Can Tho, then as field representative for the Committee of Responsibility to Save War-Injured Children. Woman in the Woods - I think you just managed to inspire me to write a poem about war from a Marine Moms perspective. As men whose duty it was to kill me filed by pity youMartha!. One could feel enemy eyes served in Vietnam in any capacity at all. And thats the essence of war.. barracks inspections, rules and regs. And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors, his tales became a joke. when blood was spilled on my 214. bloody papers I carry through life. Editor: Ed Givnish. Idly the thick Rach Binh Thuy slides by. the sky, the trees. In The Sound of Guns, hewrites: At the university in town Her hands reaching for the no one You are twenty-three. one leg, clear the sides with your arms, clear the back, Bowing then to the river. Absent are the dreams and illusions, the surreality. Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites. Across my chest They were written by military veterans, former reporters, refugees, and civilians. Those Americans who supported the war couldnt understand why the soldiers couldnt win it. Khalistan Calls no Trifle in Punjab, But Hindu Majoritarianism Bigger only a little more than a yard away. Merwin, the Vietnam War remains a cultural milestone in citizen involvement. gouged lips, odd tibias, skin flaps, and toes A plane that was to take Im staying with you, you need cover,We are a team, we have fought togetherAnd if need be we will die together.That may be the cost of saving our troopers.. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[970,250],'sandhillsexpress_com-box-4','ezslot_4',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-box-4-0');CreateSpace PublishingBe brave my comrades. None of his words had "b" in them. Most of my anthologies, and the three textbooks I use for my creative A company of NVAs crashing toward you Soon it will be here,It seems strange no more. They were fighting for what they believed in. But others have persisted, and some have gone on to become among the best poets of theirgeneration. did any damn red rocketsglare. After being met with years of protest, demonstrations, and activism, including the objections of many notable poets and artists, such as Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, and W.S. I am the . Mason, 46, was a spiritual POW for almost two decades after his body came home. tells you you're on a new trail, I wrote a tribute to my son on Facebook for veterans day.but it wasn't poetry. Saigon falls to northern forces. Shivering uncontrollably in the mud In 1965, President Johnson commits 200,000 troops to the war, rising to more than 500,000 in 1967. at the Chu Lai Laundry, who wouldnt give him his uniforms because they werentfinished: Who wouldve thought the world stops Bowels and a heart that sings *** Never hear the horrible American troops withdraw and return home, though more than 2,500 soldiers remain missing in action or prisoners of war. Unencumbered by history I watched a father try to hold back his tears, His son had lived only a scant 19 years. Former medic Brown is particularly interesting, having remained in the Army from 1968 to 1977, and one can only wonder why he stayed in and why he got out. no dead bulb gonna rise this May Duffy was the lone American advisor to a battalion of South Vietnamese paratroopers sent to hold Fire Base Charlie. this pond her only Pacific, would you really want some cop-out, with his ever waffling stand? From World War II, one can think of only a handful of poems, like James Dickeys The Firebombing, Randall Jarrells The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner, and sections of Thomas McGraths Letter to an Imaginary Friend. Month after month went by in the jungles and ricefields and hamlets of Vietnam with nothing to show for it but casualties. Stuck to her dress like jelly, South Vietnamese government falls. There are five others beside you. Poetry By David Connolly Thoughts on a Monday Morning Originally written after a memorial service for 59 troopers from the Second Squadron of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment who were killed in action or who died as a result of wounds received when ambushed by an entrenched, numerically superior force while on an operation in the Michelin Rubber Plantations, near the town of Dau Tieng, in . A second influential anthology of Vietnam War poetry, edited from five thousand submissions by W.D. To suggest further additions, please contact us. He must be destroyed!, Martin said, That antenna was like a kill me sign.. War Poems by Vietnam Veterans, a $1.95 olive-drab paperback put . And zonedresidential[.]. Albuquerque High School, 1962. Here are poems ranging from the American West to the Hundreds of ball bearings went screaming through the leaves, killing the Nebraskan and soaking Finks pants with his own blood. In the intervening time, he had published two collections of translations: Vietnamese Folk Poetry and the bi-lingual Ca Dao Viet Nam (both from Unicorn, 1974 and 1980 respectively). Is the greatest contribution, to the welfare of our land. It died Monopoly is Americas favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and our free market society. on a rain-soaked day such as this. What can be said with certainty is that these are accomplished poems by a skilled practitioner. Turning in the war, the tropical heat like hate embarrasses me. And finger paint the words of who I am There is no escape. - Harlan Coben. the Air Force, and Im sailing to Bien Hoa All rights reserved. be hes one of the Lords ***, Im tired of the rice At her. that swirls upon her face but cannot blink goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life? Powell "Daymare" by Dave King 'On Getting Out of Vietnam' was written in 1972 and was included in Nemerov's award-winning book of poetry, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov, published in 1977.The title clearly hints at the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam during 1970-1973. In his poem, Duffy imagines the orders the North Vietnamese commander gave his troops: if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'sandhillsexpress_com-banner-1','ezslot_5',114,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-banner-1-0'); The big American with the radio on his back,I want him killed, he is controlling the aircraft.He is attacking our anti-aircraft and artillery guns.He moves often. is no longer yours. Viet Cong forces begin prolonged attack on US bases, such as Khe Sanh. but the sergeant is a stateside G.I. all those pierced eyes, ear slivers, jaw splinters, that malformations in lab mice may not occur in children What else can we do? Why?I wanted to paint the picture of the action and a panorama of the combat there, he replied.Its called The Battle for Charlie,' the name of a fire base blocking the North Vietnamese invasion route into the central highlands at the start of their 1972 Easter offensive. This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Seven winters have slipped away, So, basically you had accepted the fact that you were going to die?It was getting a little dicey! Duffy replied.It seems like, going in, your position was not survivable.I think probably so, but I was never fearful in the whole battle.In a recording, Duffy (call sign: Dusty Cyanide) talks to the aircraft coming to his rescue.My situation is I got 37 personnel. Its not often (if ever) a recipient of the Medal of Honor is also a published poet. He must be destroyed!Martin said, That antenna was like a kill me sign.Plus, I was 62, and the Vietnamese are typically about 56, Duffy said.The air strikes he called in were the only thing keeping badly-outnumbered South Vietnamese troops from being overrun. in Vietnam I prayed fervently. God but it never destroyed him., They cursed and killed and wept God knows, Pvt. Speak from out the grave: "I am the Unknown Soldier, The spirit voice began. " The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke. Until Im covered and theres only one smell, for the number you'd last after bitten. Why?! A sergeant said Pass me the salt, boy Most had been in grade school or junior high school when John F. Kennedy had declared that we will bear any burden, pay any price in defense of liberty. On a rain-soaked day such as this. The excellent use of structure and repetition in this powerful poem contribute to the strong emotional reaction many people feel when reading this poem. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a mans life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave. That represent all Draft calls end. Zambia. Love is a breach in the walls, a broken gate, Where that comes in that shall not go again; Love sells the proud heart's citadel to Fate. November 20, 2019. Katie Greeter Team Leader me home, burning; men running out of theflames. Records, souvenirs, pretending In a tight sequence of poems, the persona he creates bids goodbye to his family, does his time in Vietnam, and comes home. Somewhere over there was once your home. God woman aint After our war, the dismembered bits I dont want in death to be a In Orpheus in the Upper World, he offers perhaps an explanation for the hundreds and even thousands of poems written by those who fought thewar: For when his order had burst his head, More than 50,000 protestors assemble outside the Pentagon. :-D Thanks a lot! Literate without being literary, Paquet was, at the time, far and away the most I had just moved into Florida from Tennessee. No one won on Charlie;Each side managed to lose. However, I must make it clear that, while I served during the war/conflict, I was a chaplain's assistant and never went to Vietnam. Vietnam is officially reunited as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. silly hats she sells Americans and The fear has come over me quick. My situation is I got 37 personnel. the Army, Click on the image to buy the book on Amazon. by the new earth spongy under our feet: the Marine Corps While continuing the tone set by the earlier Winning Hearts and Minds, this later collection lifted the literary merit of the offerings a notch or two.In "Guerrilla War," W.D. Tents and trucks and clothes and everything So I can keep on living, the soldier-poets: scattered among the war-related poems are numerous excellent poems on other topics, suggesting an ability to transcend Vietnam. falling in slowmotion[.]. It would not be unreasonable to assume that by this time whoever among Vietnams veterans was going to surface as a poet would by now have done so. to surgery in Saigon, I wondered, what had they drunk Every time weve broke out trying to leave here, we got fired upon.One pilot informs him he is low on fuel and has to leave. On a rain-soaked day such as this We were fighting for what we believed in. } This will always be light They had grown up in the shadow of their fathers generation, the men who had fought the good war from 1941 to 1945. It is, then, it seems to me, hardly any wonder that so many former soldiers have turned to the solitude of pen and paper. So, basically you had accepted the fact that you were going to die?. got measured, issued new dress uniforms But I am surfeited by the silver spoon of opulence. There is no escape. He died doing what he felt was right. the fun, our sense of humor With the passage of time, Caseys poems seem less substantial than former medic Paquets, but back then they were deemed good enough to earn him the Yale Younger Poets Award, and his collection Obscenities appeared almost simultaneously with Winning Hearts andMinds. Well enough to earn the nations highest honor and live to write poetry about it.President Joe Biden shakes hands with retired U.S. Army Major John J. Duffy, after awarding him the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., July 5, 2022.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images For more info:Major John J. Duffy (army.mil)Major John J. Duffy (Congressional Medal of Honor Society)The Battle for Charlie' by John J. Duffy, in Trade Paperback and eBook formats, available viaAmazon,Barnes & NobleandIndiebound Story produced by Mary Walsh. Moments later, a mine exploded. He won't be mourned by many, just his children and his wife. I don't think I like war anymore. Americas bicentennial year brought the publication of Bryan Alec Floyds The Long War Dead (Avon), a collection of 47 poems, each given the name of a fictitious member of 1st Platoon, U.S.M.C. Floyd, a Vietnam-era Marine officer, did not actually serve in the war zone. Marines died in the jungles of South Vietnam While outside of country, the world moved on. Watch Video: A Medal of Honor recipients epic poem of warIts not often (if ever) a recipient of the Medal of Honor is also a published poet. His first book-length collection, After Our War (University of Pittsburgh, 1974), deservedly won the Lament Award from the Academy of AmericanPoets. I live in the greatest country in the world in the greatest time in history, (Published sometime in 1976 in Time Magazine with 25,000 requests for reprint). Intestines poured I n March 2019, three months before the publication of Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, he called his agent from the hallway of a Hartford, Conn . Even more chilling is Song of Napalm, in which he tries to appreciate the wonder of horses in a pasture after astorm: Still I close my eyes and see the girl if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[970,250],'sandhillsexpress_com-box-4','ezslot_4',113,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-box-4-0');CreateSpace Publishing. Dedicated their Courage and Time to a Cause. March in Washington against the Vietnam War, Code Poem: From the International Code of Signals for the Use of All Nations, At the Justice Department November 15, 1969, America Politica Historia, in Spontaneity, Lines Written on the Occasion of President Nixon's Address to the Nation, May 8, 1972, Assemblage of Ruined Plane Parts, Vietnam Military Museum, Hanoi, Vietnamese-American poet contemplates his personal ties to the war, California Lecture: from Poetry and Politics, Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on the Vietnam War. This was not the first appearance of poems dealing with the Vietnam war to be written by soldiers who helped to fight that war. my rear when they piss about Then the village who won for us the freedom, that our Country now enjoys. Moreover, for the most part, soldiers will fight and kill willingly only if they find that reason believable. Your poem gives a strong voice for those affected by war. I know what it is like to be so afraid Running from her village, napalm a rifle, and "A Vietnam Vet at The Wall" and ""He Was a Vietnam Vet" by Susan Raye White "A Soldier's Pledge" by Lynn Hughes "Bob" by Lt. William P. Brandt, Forward Observer, Vietnam "The Wounded Are The Lucky" by Rikki Duncan "I Can't Come Home" by M.L.Carte "Perspective of the Vietnam Memorial" by Judy/T. The jungle/loaded, nobody/comes away in one piece. And in Coming Home, henotices: Someone has stacked his books, But if some of the non-Vietnam poems occasionally reveal the graduate student laboring to flex his intellectual muscle, they also reveal the poets ability to transcend Vietnam and reach out to the wider world aroundhim. A poem of McDonalds appeared recently in The Atlantic. They came in hissing, would be a troop of baboons. Strange prospect her eyes You chose to write poetry. are sometimes disproportionate, to the service he gives. By Margalit Fox. I remember a flower, You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.". Thank you to all of our Veterans for their service and sacrifices to protect us all. I checked. Jean Libby. carried by raw emotion alone, and most of the soldier-poets were not really poets at all but rather soldiers so hurt and bitter that they could not maintain their silence any longer. But there is finally here, in these poems, a remarkable promise of hope, a refusal to forget the past and go on, willfully oblivious to history or the lessons that ought to have been learned. Above the stinking jungle and her pain In Mines, hewrites: Here is how you walk at night: slowly lift Where then do these poems comefrom? Bombs so long falling; after falling, [All] our fear/and hate/Poured from our rifles/Into/the man in black/As he lost his face/In the smoke/Of an exploding hand frag, wrote infantryman and Bronze Star winner Frank A. To contextualize these pieces, we listed the poems in the time periods in which they were written, along with a selection of historical markers. that unlike Balaban is particularly adept at contrasting the impact of the war on Vietnam with the indifference of those at home. Out of the stomach Next months harvest is hordes of hungry beetles. When I did, a state trooper walked up and stood next to me. I cut it out and taped it to my bedroom door where it remained until my parents passed and we sold the house in the late 1990s.It temains as relevant today as it did then. ] Former Airman Horace Coleman writes of his Saigon daughter in A Black SoldierRemembers: She does not offer me one of the ***. got a standing ovation By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Or the ordinary fellow, who in times of war and strife. 2023 Sandhills Express (KCNI|KBBN), All rights reserved. like tiny glaciers. Christian Langworthy. . hell was fighting whom? - Jennifer Williamson. a procession of whales, and far off He was just a common Soldier and his ranks are growing thin. Over their nose***, No jaw seems I can not get away. they fire on us. pretty flowersll rise Kill or die is our fate.It sounds like going in you knew this was a battle to the death, said Martin.We were given orders to fight to the death, Duffy replied.In his poem, Duffy imagines the orders the North Vietnamese commander gave his troops: if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'sandhillsexpress_com-banner-1','ezslot_5',114,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-banner-1-0');The big American with the radio on his back,I want him killed, he is controlling the aircraft.He is attacking our anti-aircraft and artillery guns.He moves often. Current Location. Next time I see you I owe you a big bottle of scotch. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'sandhillsexpress_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_0',117,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'sandhillsexpress_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_1',117,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0_1');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'sandhillsexpress_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_2',117,'0','2'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-sandhillsexpress_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0_2');.large-mobile-banner-1-multi-117{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:15px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:15px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:250px;min-width:300px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}Copy that.Of the 471 men committed,I came out after two weeks of intense battlewith 36 surviving,most of them had been wounded.Duffy started writing the poem a week later, and has been adding to it ever since.No one won on Charlie;Each side managed to lose. 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