Sixties Project: Poetry Archive

This poetry archive is one of the largest collections of its type, featuring poems published in Viet Nam Generation Journal and by its sister press, Burning Cities.

Amato, Joe

• "impressions of a man dreaming in New York City in 1946," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• Symptoms of a Finer Age (Viet Nam Generation, Inc.) 1995. Poetry.

Antler

• "Anthem," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Bausch, Victor H.

• "Cherry Boy Comes Home from the War," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Chills and Fever," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "GI Party," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Media's Magical Treatment," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Blair, Carol

• "Welcome Home, Ken Wolfe," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Borden, Robert

• "Meat Dreams: A Poem of the Viet Nam War," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Coleman, Horace

• I Don't Suppose I'll Ever Forget, Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• In Ca Mau, Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• In the Grass (Viet Nam Generation) 1995. Poetry.
• Notes for the Veterans War Protest, Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• The Plot to Assassinate the Statue of Liberty, Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• Still Life With Dead Hippie, Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.

Connolly, David

• "All the Stars Do Not Spangle," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Anh Hung," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Christmas Standdown," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Corporal Thach," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "In His Father's Footsteps," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Letters from My Mom," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• Lost in America (Viet Nam Generation) 1995. Poetry.
• "No Lie, GI," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "One of My Best Friends," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Our Fourth LT," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Reconciliation," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Thoughts on a Monday Morning," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "20 July 69," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.

Desy, Peter

• "The Dreamers," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.

Diomede, Matthew

• "Bullets from the Heart," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Doak, Suanne

• "Hands," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Poppies," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Dragonsun, Jabiya

• "War Song," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.

Duplij, Steven

• "Dawn," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Half-," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Radiation," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Ehrhart, W.D.

• "The Distance We Travel," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Governor Rhodes Keeps His Word," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Guatemala," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• Just for Laughs (Viet Nam Generation) 1990. Poetry.
• "The Last Time I Dreamed about the War," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The Open Door," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Erben, David L.

• "A Grand Laying of Hands"," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Covering My Feet Again," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "I would squat on the curb," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Loss," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "my primordial tongue athirst," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Waving," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Farmer, Rod

• "My buddy Jerry drove the jeep," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Fritzinger, Dennis

• "army haiku," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Charlie Don't Surf," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "dragon ring," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "eating icecream," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "forests of annam," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "he says laughing," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "jimmy stuart's homecoming," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "kill ratio," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "leopard cats," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "nightmare revisited," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "salt rain," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "this world of water," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "work detail," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Glade, Jon Forrest

• "Adventure Calls," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Displaying the Flag," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Fireflies," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Lifeguard at Eagle Beach," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Nothing Remains," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Gomes, Steven W.

• "Common Ground," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Harris, Bertha

• "Casualty," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Hidalgo, Stephen

• "Good Night," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The rhetoric of bombs," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "The Threat of Force," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The War is Over, Abroad," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.

Jaffe, Maggie

• "Ascetic Revolutionary," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• Continuous Performance (Viet Nam Generation) 1992. Poetry.
• "Custer's Last Laugh," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "For Sam Melville, #26124," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "Maria Callas," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "Patrice Lumumba," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "Paul Robeson," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "Tapestry: Mothers of the Disappeared," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.

Jones, Bill

• "The Body Burning Detail," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Five Days Home," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "Heathen Killer," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Near Laos," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.

Kunz, Don

• "Vietnam War Memorial," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Lanquist, Norman

• "Cruel Embroidery," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• (Not Much of A) War Story," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Personal narrative.

Lawson, Melanie Brown

• "Voices from the Past," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

McQueary, Rod

• "for nothing," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "homeward," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "instinct," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Near Snowville," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "Our Parade," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.
• "something--" Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "White Wall," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.

Moore, Lenard D.

• "A Hum in the Living Room," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Grandmother on the Porch," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Haiku," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "My Father Leaves for Vietnam," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "What Was Said on the Porch," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.

Poniewaz, Jeff

• "Burning the Flag," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Why Young Men Wore Their Hair Long in the Sixties," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Quintana, Leroy

• "A Restaurant in Munich," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Brownie," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "Hopper," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• Interrogations (Viet Nam Generation) 1990. Poetry

Richman, Elliot

• Walk on Trooper (Viet Nam Generation) 1995. Poetry.

Ritterbusch, Dale

• "Bien Hoa, 1968" Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Conversation," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• Lessons Learned (Viet Nam Generation) 1995. Poetry.
• "Shoulders," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "When It's Late," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Rodriguez, David

• "The Rifle and the Song," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Song Lyric.
• "The True Cross," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Song lyric.

Ross, Julia

• "The Castle of Shariat," Viet Nam Generation 4:1-2 (April 1992). Poem.

Scofield, James

• "Lost," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.
• "Nightmare," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.

Shields, Bill

• "ghost poem," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "jingoism," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.
• "miles of bones," Viet Nam Generation 3:3 (November 1991). Poem.

splake, t. kilgore

• "Tet," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Swan, Marc

• "Wild Horses," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Something On The Moon," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Tassi, Jane Teresa

• "Ambush," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The Deathwright," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Ever Hitler," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Goddamnedvietnam Like Götterdämmerung," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "Interview with the Quail Hunter," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Ten Brink, Carole

• "Space Age," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The Visionary Scientist Speaks," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Trail, B.D.

• "The Grenading," Viet Nam Generation 4:3-4 (November 1992). Poem.

Vancil, David

• "The Carnival Elephant's Burial," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• "The Homesick Patrol," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.
• The Homesick Patrol (Viet Nam Generation) 1995. Poetry.
• "The Thing: First Date," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Wolfe, Ken

• "Faces of Vietnam," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.

Yost, Don

• "WHUP," Viet Nam Generation 5:1-4 (March 1994). Poem.