This is one of the very best anthologies of poetry to come out of the Vietnam War. The poets here have given their experiences an energy that transcends time and grabs your heart. Read these poems and know that you will never be the same. A Second-hand Elegy; For Douglas Dickey, Pfc., Usmc by Michael Anania Peace With Honor by Philip Appleman Waiting For The Fire by Philip Appleman After Our War by John Balaban Along The Mekong by John Balaban April 30, 1975; For Bui Ngoc Huong by John Balaban Dead For Two Years, Erhart Arranges To Meet Me In A Dream by John Balaban The Dragonfish by John Balaban For Mis Tin In Hue by John Balaban For Mrs. Cam, Whose Name Means 'printed Silk' by John Balaban Graveyard At Bald Eagle Ridge by John Balaban The Guard At The Binh Thuy Bridge by John Balaban In Celebration Of Spring by John Balaban Mau Than by John Balaban News Update by John Balaban Opening Le Ba Khon's Dictionary by John Balaban Story by John Balaban Thoughts Before Dawn; For Mary Bui Thi Khuy, 1944-1969 by John Balaban Floating Petals by Jan Barry Green Hell, Green Death by Jan Barry Harvest Moon by Jan Barry In The Footsteps Of Ghengis Khan by Jan Barry Lessons by Jan Barry Nights In Nha Trang by Jan Barry A Nun In Ninh Hoa by Jan Barry The Insert by R. L. Barth Letter Fron An Hoc (4), By A Seedbed by R. L. Barth P.o.w.s by R. L. Barth Postscript by R. L. Barth May 1970 by Stephen Berg If I'm Zapped - Bury Me by David Chapman Berry The Perfume On The Oriental %morning by David Chapman Berry Sgt. Sam Sublime Never Died by David Chapman Berry The Sun Goes %down by David Chapman Berry They Say Spring Came by David Chapman Berry 6. by Robert Bly At A March Against The Vietnam War by Robert Bly Counting Small-boned Bodies by Robert Bly Free Fire Zone by Igor Bobrowsky The Journey by Igor Bobrowsky Coming Home by D. F. Brown Eating The Forest by D. F. Brown First Person - 1981 by D. F. Brown I Was Dancing Alone In Binh Dinh Province by D. F. Brown Illumination by D. F. Brown Patrols by D. F. Brown Returning Fire; For Bruce Weigl And Ngo Vinh Long by D. F. Brown Still Later There Are War Stories by D. F. Brown When I Am 19 I Was A Medic by D. F. Brown After The Vietnam War by Steven Ford Brown Again by Thomas Brush Waiting For The End Of The War by Thomas Brush Lies by Christopher Bursk Listen by Marylin Butler Starting 1973: What To Do Now That Peace Has Been Announced by Joseph Cady On Being Asked To Write A Poem Against The War In Vietnam by Hayden Carruth Vietnam Dream by Ron Carter Negotiations by Ray Catina Philosophy by Ray Catina A Black Soldier Remembers by Horace Coleman A Downed Black Pilot Learns How To Fly by Horace Coleman In Ca Mau by Horace Coleman Night Flare Drop, Ten Son Nhut by Horace Coleman Ok Corral East - Brothers In The Nam by Horace Coleman Remembrance Of Things Past by Horace Coleman An Accident by Frank A., Jr. Cross The Fifty Gunner by Frank A., Jr. Cross Gliding Baskets by Frank A., Jr. Cross Rice Will Grow Again by Frank A., Jr. Cross When Chicken Man Came Home To Roost by Frank A., Jr. Cross At The Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.c. by Robert Patrick Dana Fire Support Burk by Steve Denning Kim-san by Steve Denning The Movie by Steve Denning Night On The Kho Nha Dinh by Steve Denning This Time by Steve Denning The Blizzard Of Sixty-six by William Daniel Ehrhart A Confirmation; For Gerry Gaffney by William Daniel Ehrhart Farmer Nguyen by William Daniel Ehrhart Guerrilla War by William Daniel Ehrhart Hunting by William Daniel Ehrhart The Invasion Of Grenada by William Daniel Ehrhart Letter; To A North Vietnamese Soldier by William Daniel Ehrhart 'the Light That Cannot Fade'; For Carolyn Sue Brenner by William Daniel Ehrhart Making The Children Behave by William Daniel Ehrhart Night Patrol by William Daniel Ehrhart The One That Died by William Daniel Ehrhart A Relative Thing by William Daniel Ehrhart Time On Target by William Daniel Ehrhart To Those Who Have Gone Home by William Daniel Ehrhart Death March by Charles Fishman Captain James Leson, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Corporal Charles Chungtu, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Corporal Kevin Spina, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Lance Corporal Purdue Grace, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Private First Class Brooks Morgenstein, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Private Ian Godwin, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Private Jack Smith, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd Sergeant Brandon Just, U.s.m.c. by Bryan Alec Floyd The Ambush Of The Fourth Platoon: 10 by David Hall The Ambush Of The Fourth Platoon: 11 by David Hall The Ambush Of The Fourth Platoon: 12 by David Hall The Ambush Of The Fourth Platoon: 13 by David Hall The Ambush Of The Fourth Platoon: