Scholars and politicians, journalists and generals may argue, write and re-write ‘the facts.’ \u00a0But when a poem is written, it becomes a singular entity with an inextinguishable and unalterable life of its own.\u00a0 It is a true reflection of the feelings and perceptions it records, and as such, it is as valuable a document as any history ever written.\u00a0 And the American experience in Indochina, whatever else it may have been responsible for, produced an outpouring of poetry unparalleled in American literature.<\/p>\n
W.D. Ehrhart, Foreword, Carrying the Darkness: the Poetry of the Vietnam War, Scholars and politicians, journalists and generals may argue, write and re-write ‘the facts.’ \u00a0But when a poem is written, it becomes a singular entity with an inextinguishable and unalterable life of its own.\u00a0 It is a true reflection of the feelings and perceptions it records, and as such, it is as valuable a document as Continue Reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n
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