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REMF Bibliography

A Bibliography of Viet Nam War Literature

Compiled by David A. Willson with Nancy Kendall

Viet Nam War Poetry O-R

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O

  • O'Connor, Michael. "Night Dancing" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]
  • O'Connor, Michael. "Short Time" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]
  • Olson, Charles. "rages" [see: di Prima, Diane (ed.) War Poems]
  • Oppenheimer, Joel. " [see: di Prima, Diane (ed.) War Poems]
  • Oppenheimer, Joel. " [see: di Prima, Diane (ed.) War Poems]
  • Ortiz, Simon J. "War Poem" [see: Lowenfels, Walter (ed.) From the Belly of the Shark]
  • Owen Wister Review, Vol.5, No.2, Spring 1982. a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Highway One; for Michael J. Arlen"
  • Owen Wister Review, Spring 1989. a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "The Ghost"
  • Owen Wister Review, Fall 1989. a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Business as Usual (Ashau Valley, 1969)" b. Glade, Jon Forrest. "The Weight of the Sheets"
  • Owen Wister Review. Vol.15, no.1, Spring 1992. [see: Glade, Jon Forrest (ed.) Owen Wister Review, Spring 1992]
  • Owen Wister Review. Vol.15, no.2, Fall 1992. [see: Glade, Jon Forrest (ed.) Owen Wister Review, Fall 1992]

P

  • Painted Bride Quarterly. Philadelphia. Vol. 6, nos. 1 & 2, 1979. [see also SHORT STORIES]
    a. Lane, Mervin. "Deliverance"
  • Palmer, David. "After Reading About the Latest Fascist Revival" [see: Berlandt, Herman (ed.) Peace or Perish]
  • Paulenich, Craig. "Defoliated" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]
  • peace is you and me; children's writings and paintings on love and peace. Collected by Florence Weiner. New York : Avon, 1971 (1st Avon printing).
  • Peeler, Tim (ed.) Third Lung Review, no.6. Conover, NC : Third Lung Press, 1990.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Pointman (Ashau Valley, 1969)"
    b. Trail, B.D. "Viet Tracers"
    c. Trail, B.D. "Weary With the Waiting"
  • Petesch, Donald. "A David Frost Show" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]
  • Pick, Michael Robert [A Vietnam Veteran]. Childhood/Namhood/Manhood. San Gabriel, CA : Blacksmith Books, 1982.
  • Piercy, Marge. "Curse of the Earth Magician on a Metal Land" [see: Lowenfels, Walter (ed.) From the Belly of the Shark]
  • Piercy, Marge. "Learning Experience" [see: Koppell, Kathleen Sunshine (ed.) Live Poetry]
  • Pig Iron No. 15 [see: Third World: Pig Iron No. 15]
  • Pitzen, Jim. "Harassing Fire" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]
  • Pitzen, Jim. "It's So Soon Over" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]
  • Plastic Tower; Quarterly Magazine of Poetry, edited by Carol Dyer Brown & Roger Kyle-Keith. Issue #4, August 1990.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Severed Head in a Bag (A Shau Valley, 1969)"
  • Poetry Australia, South Head Press. Number 39, April 1971.
    a. Hughes, Alison Jean. "The Last Butterfly"
  • `Poetry For The People,' Contemporary American Traditional Poetry Series," Volume 1, Number 3 [see: Topham, J. (ed.) Poems of the Vietnam War]
  • Poetry Northwest, Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter 1968-69.
    a. Pritchard, Errol. "Viet Song"
  • Poetry Reading Against the Vietnam War, A. New York : The American Writers Against the Vietnam War, 1967.
  • Price, Roberta. "Vietnam: The Burning Bush" [see: Chelsea 24/25, October 1968]
  • Pringle, Mike. "Monument" [see: Schoenleber, Tracy (ed.) The Wire Harp 1989]
  • Pritchard, Errol. "Viet Song" [see: Poetry Northwest, Winter 1968-69]
  • Prospero's Cell, A Quarterly, Vol.1, No. 2, 1966.
    a. Nelson, Dale. "Theseus in Vietnam"
  • Puerto del Sol. New Mexico State University. Vol. 12, no. 2, March 1973
    a. Quintana, Leroy V. "Vietnamese Ladies"

Q

  • Quick Brown Fox, No.8, May 1989 (typo on cover reads May 1988).
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "In the Abattoir"
  • Quick Brown Fox, No.9, 1989?.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Score One for Rosie"
  • Quick Brown Fox [a publication of Mad Dog Press]. February 1990. (photocopied "broadside")
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Score One For Rosie (Bernie's Bar, 1973)"
    b. Savitt, Lynn. "Vietnam Dream"
    c. Shields, Bill. "showdown"
  • Quintana, Leroy V. "1st Day, 101st Airborne, Phan Rang, Viet Nam!" [see: Anaya, Rudolfo A. (ed.) Voces: An Anthology of Nuevo Mexicano Writers]
  • Quintana, Leroy V. Interrogations. Chevy Chase, MD : Viet Nam Generation, Inc. & Burning Cities Press, 1992 [(c)1990?] (paperback). [ 77 Vietnam War poems ]
  • Quintana, Leroy V. Sangre. Las Cruces, NM : Prima Agua Press, 1981 (trade paperback)
    a. "Sangre 19: Piñones" (p.54-57)
  • Quintana, Leroy V. "Sangre 19: Piñones" [see: Quintana, Leroy V. Sangre]
  • Quintana, Leroy V. "Vietnamese Ladies" [see: Puerto del Sol, March 1973]

R

  • Rakosi, Carl. "Americana XIII" [see: Rakosi, Carl. Ere-Voice]
  • Rakosi, Carl. "Americana XIV -- A Mustache Drawn on Americana XIII" [see: Rakosi, Carl. Ere-Voice]
  • Rakosi, Carl. "Americana XVI -- 1968 [see: Rakosi, Carl. Ere-Voice]
  • Rakosi, Carl. Ere-Voice. New York : New Directions Books, 1971 (cloth cover, dust jacket)
    "Americana XIII" (pp.4"Americana XIV -- A Mustache Drawn on Americana XIII"
    "Americana XVI -- 1968" (pp.50-57)
  • Ramsey, Bill. "Mekong Rains" [see: McKinney, Lu Ann (ed.) The Idiot & the Id]
  • Ransom, No.3, September 1988.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "R.T.O. (Ashau Valley, 1969)"
  • Ransom, No.4, December 1988.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "All the Hungry Little Dogs"
  • Ransom, No.5, April 1989.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "Souvenirs"
  • Ransom, Donald F. Nothing but the Boo. Portland, OR : Skydog Press, 1981.
  • Ray, David. New Letters Reader II; an Anthology of Contemporary Writing. Athens, OH : Swallow Press (Ohio University Press), 1984.
    a. Balaban, John. "After Our War" by John Balaban
    b. Fuson, Ben W. "White the Bones of Men: Asian Poets React to War" [containing numerous translated poems]
  • Redmond, Eugene. "Gods in Vietnam" [see: Major, Clarence (ed.) The New Black Poetry]
  • Redneck Review of Literature, No.16, Spring 1989.
    a. Glade, Jon Forrest. "WYO VIET VET RAP GROUP"
  • Renegade: The West Coast Review of Unlimited American Literature and Art. Berkeley, CA : Crosscut Saw Press, 1978 (trade paperback).
    a. Fingland, Randy. "Saigon Surrenders April 30, 1975"
  • Rich, Adrienne. "Dreams Before Waking" [see: Williams, Reese, ed. Unwinding the Vietnam War]
  • Rich, Adrienne. "For the Record" [see: Williams, Reese, ed. Unwinding the Vietnam War]
  • Rich, Adrienne. "In the Wake of Home" [see: Williams, Reese, ed. Unwinding the Vietnam War]
  • Rich, Adrienne. "North American Time" [see: Williams, Reese, ed. Unwinding the Vietnam War]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Actress Who Played Thuy Kieu Under A Proscenium Arch Of Trees And A Spotlight Of Napalm" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "Ballad of A Duck Tender From The Mekong Delta" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Ballad Of a V.C. Truck Driver Who Skinned Frogs And Became Enlightened" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Ballad Of An Old Vietnamese Woman Who Lives Along The Saranac And Picks Wild Flowers That She Plants In The Snow" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "Barbeque On The Fourth Of July 1974" [see: Dodson, Keith A. (ed.) BBQ'ed Poetry]
  • Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails; Poems from the Second Indochina War. [SAMISDAT #220, Vol.55, no.4, 1990]
    a. "This Is No Country For the Young" (p.3)
    b. "To The Old Tune Autumn Evening Beside The Lake As Sung by a Courtesan From the City of Saigon In The Year Of The Snake" (p.4)
    c. "The Love Song Of A Mandarin Lady From the City of Hue Who Changed Into A Water Spirit And Did Not Have To Die An Old Woman In Wrinkles And Sorrow" (p.5)
    d. "The Ballad Of a V.C. Truck Driver Who Skinned Frogs And Became Enlightened" (p.6)
    e. "Ballad of A Duck Tender From The Mekong Delta" (p.7)
    f. "The Garden" (p.8)
    g. "A Death Mantra" (p.9)
    h. "Do They Belong To Another Race?" (p.10)
    i. "Dusk Near The Lake Where My Grandfather Hunted Fireflies When He Was A Boy" (p.11)
    j. "The Actress Who Played Thuy Kieu Under A Proscenium Arch Of Trees And A Spotlight Of Napalm" (pp.12-13)
    k. "A Walking Stick Made Of Song" (p.14)
    l. "Death Poem Found In The Shirt Pocket Of A V.C. Girl" (p.15)
    m. "Jungle Ambush In Monument Valley" (p.16)
    n. "The Ballad Of An Old Vietnamese Woman Who Lives Along The Saranac And Picks Wild Flowers That She Plants In The Snow" (p.17)
    o. "The Love Song Of The Wife Of An Assistant Deputy Minister Of Justice" (p.18)
    p. "When Their M-16s Were Beaten Into Ploughshares And Skyhawk Wings Forged Into Pruning Hooks" (p.19)
  • Richman, Elliot. "A Death Mantra" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "Death Poem Found In The Shirt Pocket Of A V.C. Girl" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "Do They Belong To Another Race?" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "Dusk Near The Lake Where My Grandfather Hunted Fireflies When He Was A Boy" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Executioner" [see: Richman, Elliot. Fucking in Stupid Hope]
  • Richman, Elliot. Fucking in Stupid Hope: Love Poems for the Death of the 80s. Niagara Falls, NY : Slipstream, 1989 (1st printing, trade paperback).
    a. "The Labyrinth" (p.6)
    b. "The Executioner" (p.12)
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Garden" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "Jungle Ambush In Monument Valley" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Labyrinth" [see: Richman, Elliot. Fucking in Stupid Hope]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Love Song Of A Mandarin Lady From the City of Hue Who Changed Into A Water Spirit And Did Not Have To Die An Old Woman In Wrinkles And Sorrow" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "The Love Song Of The Wife Of An Assistant Deputy Minister Of Justice" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "This Is No Country For the Young" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "To The Old Tune Autumn Evening Beside The Lake As Sung by a Courtesan From the City of Saigon In The Year Of The Snake" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. Walk On, Trooper. Woodbridge, CT: Viet Nam Generation, Inc./Burning Cities Press, 1995. [60 Vietnam war poems.]
  • Richman, Elliot. "A Walking Stick Made Of Song" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Richman, Elliot. "When Their M-16s Were Beaten Into Ploughshares And Skyhawk Wings Forged Into Pruning Hooks" [see: Richman, Elliot. A Bucket of Nails]
  • Ritterbusch, Dale. Lessons Learned. Woodbridge, CT: Viet Nam Generation, Inc./Burning Cities Press, 1995. [73 Vietnam war poems.]
  • Robertsen, Lowell. Remembering the Women of the Vietnam War. Eden Prairie, MN : Tessera Publishing, 1990 (1st edition, trade paperback). [poetry marketed as personal narrative]
  • Robertson, Kirk. "Vietnam" [see: Bennett, John (ed.) The Vagabond Anthology (1966-1977)
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Blood I" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Brothers" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Love Poem/War Poem" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "M.L.K." [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Peace" [see: Chelsea 24/25, October 1968]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "The Peas Belong On The Eye Level" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level. Chicago : Swallow Press, 1971 (cloth cover, dust jacket). [section III: The Peas Belong On The Eye Level includes 12 poems] ["... Miss Robins deals with political questions -- chiefly with Vietnam. ... dealing with the contrasts between the war and society's `business as usual.'"]
    a. "Blood I"
    b. "Brothers"
    c. "Love Poem/War Poem"
    d. "M.L.K."
    e. "The Peas Belong On The Eye Level"
    f. "Racism"
    g. "The Round Bullet"
    h. "Tin Leaf"
    i. "Upon Discovering `Love' Scrawled On A Helmet Is A Name Not An Ad"
    j. "Vietnam!"
    k. "War Games"
    l. "Where He Go?"
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Racism" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "The Round Bullet" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Tin Leaf" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Upon Discovering `Love' Scrawled On A Helmet Is A Name Not An Ad" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Vietnam!" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "War Games" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Robins, Natalie S. "Where He Go?" [see: Robins, Natalie S. The Peas Belong On The Eye Level]
  • Rose, Ronald E. [unknown title: "As I lay here, crazed but calm, / Reflecting back on Viet Nam,..." -- self-published Vietnam War poem, hand written, hand bound booklet, designed by Carole Rose]. Port Townsend, WA : Ronald E. Rose, 1983.
  • Ross, Julia. "The Castle of Shariat" [see: Viet Nam Generation, Spring 1992]
  • Rottmann, Larry, Jan Barry, and Basil T. Paquet (eds.) Winning Hearts and Minds; War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. New York : 1st Casualty Press, 1972.
  • Rottmann, Larry; Barry, Jan; & Paquet, Basil T., eds. Winning Hearts & Minds; War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1972.
  • Russell, John a. "Walking Through This Green Valley" [see: Villani, Jim, et al. (eds.). Viet Nam Flashbacks: Pig Iron No. 12.]

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