Now, this is just sad. Never mind that the poetry this soldier writes is hackneyed dribble. But his comment about why he writes is just plain silly. In his own words:
“I think it is important to remember why we are here,”
The implication here is that the war in Iraq is somehow to defend the nation. [...]
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I have not read too much of Wislawa Szymborska, but I like this poem.
Today, I went to Baltimore and rode the Metro from Owings Mills to the airport and back. My step daughter came in to visit us for the summer. We decided this past year to start using the Metro instead of driving all [...]
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