Description
This powerful collection of poems confronts the Vietnam War through the eyes of soldiers navigating violence, memory, race, and survival. Drawing on the author’s experience as an African American veteran, the poems place the human cost of combat against the lush, embattled landscape of Southeast Asia, where beauty and brutality exist side by side. With stark imagery, documentary precision, and compressed lyrical force, the collection examines the lasting wounds of war and the alienation veterans face upon returning home. It stands as a significant work of contemporary war poetry and an unflinching meditation on history, identity, and remembrance.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published Oct 13, 2009
96 pages
ISBN: 9780374531911
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Details
First Published
2008
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Warhorses by Yusef Komunyakaa.