Description
This powerful collection of war poems draws on the Vietnam experience to portray combat, memory, and survival in starkly personal terms. Through the eyes of African American soldiers, the poems confront the psychological and moral complexities of war while capturing the beauty and devastation of the Southeast Asian landscape. Komunyakaa’s spare, image-rich style places nature beside violence, creating documentary-like scenes whose emotional force accumulates across the collection. The result is an unflinching meditation on race, trauma, history, and the lasting burden of witness.
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paperback
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2004
132 pages
ISBN: 0374291489
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Details
First Published
2004
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Taboo by Yusef Komunyakaa.