Thursday, April 02, 2009

The Rules of War, Poetry


Can civilians write war poetry? A question asked by Adam O'Riordan in The Guardian.

From the story...

Last month saw the return of soldier-poet Brian Turner to the UK. Turner's 2007 collection, Here, Bullet, is a graphic account of battle drawn from his time serving as an infantryman in Iraq. As both professional soldier and professional poet, Turner occupies a place in a tradition which stretches back from Keith Douglas to the Greek soldier-poets Archilochus and Alcaeus.

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