The Sound of Whirling Blades - Poems and Reflections
James M. Hopkins
1st Inf.Div.
RVN, 1969
"Above all I am not concerned with Poetry,
my subject is War, and the pity of War,
the Poetry is in the pity."
Wilfred Owen, KIA, France, 1918
Dedication and Prologue
Song
No Nintendo - No Anesthetic
Energy at a Distance
Cycle
Assault in Primary Colors
* Hover
I Hear An Army
* Ambush - Black on Green
Night Event
The Thing That Almost Happened
Heroes,
* For All Our Brothers Who Fell From the Sky
Grace & Veteran's Haiku
The Fire In The Forest
Comfort Where We Can
* The Xmas War
Dusk
Eschaton
Spanish Dancer
Instant Replay...Again
October Flights
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* Second Cycle - Waiting
Gothic Machine
Back From Ambush
MIA
* Rocket Across Texas
* Echo
Older Soldiers
Scene
In The Minefield
* From The Attic
Coming To Terms
* Gathered In
* The Light Brigade
Memorials
* The Sound Of Whirling Blades
* 4 August...A Reminder
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Mantra:
Antidote
History
* Passing The Peace
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* Anthem
* Destroyer Zulu, Go Ahead...
I See You Walking
* Waxed In Black
.Candlemaking.
* These poems have inline images.
  The image on this page was processed from a photo of the NC VVets Memorial, taken by Doug Maston.
  - JMH - 26 June '97
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