Every poet in this anthology represents the terrible beauty that Vietnam engendered in sensitive hearts, the curious grace with which the human spirit can endow even the ugliest realities. "No one will get out of this volume without being hammered in the heart and singed in the soul. I could touch the tears on page after page."―Wallace Terry After Our War by John Balaban Along The Mekong by John Balaban April 30, 1975; For Bui Ngoc Huong by John Balaban The Dragonfish by John Balaban For Mrs. Cam, Whose Name Means 'printed Silk' 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 Mr. Giai's Poem 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 Words For My Daughter 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 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 Vietnamization by D. F. Brown When I Am 19 I Was A Medic by D. F. Brown A Bummer by Michael Casey For The Old Man by Michael Casey Hoa Binh by Michael Casey The Lz Gator Body Collector by Michael Casey Road Hazard by Michael Casey 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 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 Letter; To A North Vietnamese Soldier by William Daniel Ehrhart Making The Children Behave by William Daniel Ehrhart The Next Step by William Daniel Ehrhart Night Patrol by William Daniel Ehrhart A Relative Thing by William Daniel Ehrhart To Those Who Have Gone Home by William Daniel Ehrhart Twice Betrayed by William Daniel Ehrhart 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 After The Fall by Yusef Komunyakaa Boat People by Yusef Komunyakaa A Break From The Bush by Yusef Komunyakaa The Dead At Quang Tri by Yusef Komunyakaa Prisoners by Yusef Komunyakaa Somewhere Near Phu Bai by Yusef Komunyakaa Starlight Scope Myopia by Yusef Komunyakaa Thanks by Yusef Komunyakaa Arrival by Gerald Mccarthy The Fall Of Da Nang by Gerald Mccarthy Finding My Way Back by Gerald Mccarthy The Hooded Legion by Gerald Mccarthy The Sound Of Guns by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 1. Med Building by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 11 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 12 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 14 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 17 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 19 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 7 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 8 by Gerald Mccarthy War Story: 9 by Gerald Mccarthy After The Noise Of Saigon by Walter Robert Mcdonald Caliban In Blue by Walter Robert Mcdonald Christmas Bells, Saigon by Walter Robert Mcdonald Faraway Places by Walter Robert Mcdonald The Food Pickers Of Saigon by Walter Robert Mcdonald For Friends Missing In Action by Walter Robert Mcdonald For Harper, Killed In Action by Walter Robert Mcdonald For Kelly, Missing In Action by Walter Robert Mcdonald Interview With A Guy Named Fawkes, U.s. Army by Walter Robert Mcdonald New Guy by Walter Robert Mcdonald Once You've Been To War by Walter Robert Mcdonald The Retired Pilot To Himself by Walter Robert Mcdonald Rocket Attack (2) by Walter Robert Mcdonald War Games by Walter Robert Mcdonald The Winter Before The War (2) by Walter Robert Mcdonald Basket Case by Basil T. Paquet Easter '68 by Basil T. Paquet Graves Registration by Basil T. Paquet Group Shot by Basil T. Paquet In A Plantation by Basil T. Paquet It Is Monsoon At Last by Basil T. Paquet M