Doug Rawlings

Gebundenes Buch

In the Shadow of the Annamese Mountains

Beschreibung

A Note from the Author"I was first introduced to the idea of political poetry on October 18, 1970, about midnight, in an all-night Harvard Square corner bookstore. A few months before that encounter I had returned from the war in Viet Nam. To say that I was confused and angry is an understatement. I was also somewhat lost. Then on that fateful night I found this wonderful collection of poems by Denise Levertov that captured her journey to North Viet Nam as a peace activist. This was the first serious "discussion" I had read from and about "my" war. And true to what Robert Bly considers effective political poetry, Levertov used the personal to open up the universal. I was captured, and unlike my response to military "service," I did not want to escape. Instead, I sought out more of her work and other poets and, eventually, began to write my own poems...."

Autor

Doug Rawlings has been writing poems for the last 60 years, with a main focus on his experience a reluctant soldier in the Viet Nam War. Raising two children in western Maine, with his wife, Judy, led to a different kind of poetry - ones for his children and their experiences growing up. Now, some of these poems written for children have been illustrated by his grandchildren (Xochitl and Iona Pope), another generation growing up in Maine. More information about the author and his published writings can be found at: http://www.kellscraft.com/DougRawlings/DougRawlingsPoetryPage.html

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lulu Press
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781678174255
• ISBN-10: 1678174254
• Artikelnr.: 59294501