Raf Carrot Piercing Eyes: The Butcher's Bill Comments
raw nerves flight check
fighter pilot bomber pilot
ate night vision carrots
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Historical memory written from the inside, a war memorial traced in celestial-cerebral dome projection of edge-walking moments...collected for beauty's treasury, straight from horror-maw of screaming metal destiny.
P2 The reason this poem has 3 differing extending versions, the effect of repeated bombing raid after bombing raid. You understood perfectly Denis. Thank you.
P1 I did not think anyone would read this or understand the attempt to describe the psyche of trauma inflicted on pilots, following successive raids.
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8/3/2025 5:37:05 AM # 1.0.0
The word 'ekphrasis' is fashionable in poetry writing workshops. It cannot begin to describe what you're doing in this poem.
P3 Canterbury University after completing courses on several major historical poetic movements and countries cultures, finally taught me to remain true and write myself.
P1 Sadly I applied twice in two consecutive years to get into a creative writing course at Canterbury University NZ. The lecturer thought not wanting to write kiwi trivia was a fault, I wanted to write universal themes applicable to all humanity.