38th Parallel Comments

Nice story. Interesting

what you can get when your Irish gets up

Less men, less problem. It always happens at war, as well as in everyday life. Though disgasting as it is.

Once lived in a village; with the muse of life. Nice work.

Brutally honest and a remarkable read.

Your poem reminds me of both Faulkners's 'The Bear' and D. H. Lawrence's 'The Fox.' You do all this on the '38th Parallel. You too show graphic violence can be poetic. These are two of my examples of found prose poetry.

law of nature some die so that others may live but such memories do not fade

The sting in the tale... your unsentimental telling of this story of a deed that can't be undone and needs to be lived with is powerful stuff, Mike.

My favourite of your poems. It begins invitingly, a slice of autobiography. I like how the uncomfortable reality is only uncovered at length, and the stark, formal (military?) structure and rhythm. There also, as others point out, fantastic images enlivening the senses.

Licia! Not only the images along the way but the beautiful wrapping up needs special mention. Vow

Interesting, thought provoking, you caught my attention and carried me along to the end. The images created, the people evoked were vivid.