| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y | Z |
| Videos | Music | By Service Branch | Incountry Women | Poetry |
|
|
 |
Get my periodic newsletter detailing new books by entering your e-mail in the box below: |
 |
Battle
Dressing: Poems about the Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
by Dusty
Congratulations Dusty! |
Davis, Cortney & Schaeffer, Judy (editors)
Between the Heartbeats
This is a book of poems and short essays by nurses. It is not a book of poems about Vietnam, but several of the authors are Vietnam veterans. I include it because it is a remarkable book and almost all of the poems are of a very high quality. It is the first anthology by nurses. I hope there will be another!
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Ehrhart, W.D.
Carrying the Darkness : The Poetry of the Vietnam War
1989
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
The Distance We Travel
1993
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
The Outer Banks & Other Poems
1985
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Just for Laughs
1990
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Unaccustomed Mercy : Soldier Poets of the Vietnam War
Edited by W.D. Ehrhart 1989
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Franklin, H. Bruce
The Vietnam War : In American Stories, Songs, and Poems
This book is noteworthy in part for including women veteran poets. Jan 1996.
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Gratzer,
Sonny [author's
website]
General Issue Blues, Viet Nam to Here: A Warrior's Tour
Poems by a Vietnam vet.
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Mahoney, Philip
From Both Sides Now : The Poetry of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath
An anthology of poetry by American and Vietnamese poets. The book description says the editor "scoured the globe to find amazing and, in some cases, never-before-published poetry." Too bad he didn't turn up any incountry women! Nov 1998
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Nye, Jim
Aftershock : Poems and Prose from the Vietnam War
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Simay, Michael
Reflections During a Monsoon Evening : The Poems and Memories of a Vietnam Soldier
Sep 1996.
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
Van Devanter, Lynda and Furey, Joan (editors)
Visions of War, Dreams of Peace : Writings of Women in the Vietnam War
A collection of poems by women who were "in-country." This anthology was put together to raise money for the Vietnam Womens' Memorial. It is still, unfortunately, the only anthology of poems by women who were in Vietnam. The quality of the work varies, but the feelings come through and some of the work is brilliant.
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
|
Woodall, Phil Rhymer in the Sunset : A Poetic Perspective of the Vietnam Experience |
Per the poet: My rhymes depict the American citizen soldier who have fought for this country bravely, reluctantly and fiercely since the birth of our nation. Soldiers are like all Americans, short, tall, black, white, Hispanic, male, female, good, evil, greedy and kind. Maybe some day war can be eradicated from the human experience but since the beginning of time, no cure has yet be found. There continues to be a need then in the words of Stephen Vincent Benet to "unriddle the doubtful scrawl of war and courage and love and death." I hope Rhymer in the Sunset can help unriddle the scrawl a little.
Phil was with the 101st Airborne during Tet. 1999
| United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France |
|
Wray, Clyde
[author's website]
Sonnets for Lovers and Strangers |
Pub. 1998, $12.95 from:
Poetry For Your Ear Publishing
16350 Ventura Boulevard
Suite 276
Encino, California 91436
818 981-7161
Cause Everybody Ain't a Hero
Pub. 1997, $14.95 from the above address
The next best thing to hearing Clyde Wray read his poems is to buy his book and read them for yourself!
mean? It is just my very subjective list of the top ten books to read about the
Vietnam War. I list them here.|
United Kingdom |
|
Still can't find it? Try
Battleground
Books:
Used books and scarce first editions at reasonable prices.
My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in
Vietnam ~ Read about ALL the women who served . . .
Dusty's Home
Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Tim
O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Emily's Poetry
~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Shrapnel in
the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
All About
Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for
sale thru Amazon Worldwide!
Battle
Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Project Hearts
and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
Photos
from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
My Other Websites:
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Irish
in Korea ~ Irish men and women who gave their lives in the Korean War
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary Lantern
~ Fire! Fire! Fire!
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach (apologies to The General!)
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Other Important Websites:
The
Truth About Caroline ~ a really good Young Adult book by
my niece, Stacey
Remember
Oklahoma City ~
The Civil Service and Military will
NEVER forget!
|
|
| Page last updated August 08, 2004 |
Suggest additions to |
PREVIOUS
PAGE