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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Deeply Dug In (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series) (Hardcover)
Many Viet Nam War veterans write poetry, but very few write with the power, passion and skill of R. L. Barth. A trained classicist, Barth is at his best when writing in the epigrammatic tradition of Simonides, Martial, and Pope, although this collection does include a few somewhat longer narrative and lyric poems. Barth writes with savage indignation, acute wit, and wonderful control of language. He gives no quarter to chickenhawks who send other people to war and he refuses to accept or profit from our comfortable myths about war. There is little sentiment here, and no self pity. Most veteran poetry will be forgotten, but surely not Barth's. These poems are not about Viet Nam, but about war, human nature, and society.
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Deeply Dug In (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series) by R. L. Barth (Hardcover - November 30, 2003)
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