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Visions of war, dreams of peace : writings of women in the Vietnam War

Title: Visions of war, dreams of peace : writings of women in the Vietnam War / edited by Lynda Van Devanter and Joan A. Furey.
Publication: New York, NY : Warner Books, ©1991.

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Description

xxiii, 214 pages; 21 cm

Summary

A collection of poems written from the perspective of women who experienced the Vietnam War first hand.

Subject

Genre/Form

Poetry
poetry.
War poetry.
Poetry.
Poésie.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209).

Contents

Dried corsages. Like swans on still water. Saturday night. Mellow on morphine. Letter from home. Like Emily Dickinson. Second tour. Grandfathers rocking. My dead are not silent. Initiated in agony / Dana Shuster -- Okinawa 1969. Seventeen summers after Vietnam / Mary Pat O'Connor -- 7 times 52. Flashback. The best act in Pleiku. Holy Saturday 1971. Dreams that blister sleep / Sharon Grant -- Vietnam 1965 / Judith Drake -- Saigon. Mamsan. Pre-op. Road show. Combat zone. Snafu / Kathleen Trew -- In this land. The kid. Wounds of war. July 20, 1969. Dying with grace. Confession. Crone. In the war zone. Knowing / Marilyn McMahon -- A boom, a billow. Vo Thi Truong. Walking class. Row upon endless row. The Moon is a nuisance / Lady Borton -- Kenny / Emily Strange -- How do you say I love you in a war? Dear Mom. I know you've waited. Do you really want to know / Bobbie Trotter -- Two villages. Vermont Vietnam (I) / Grace Paley -- Vietnam. A nurse's lament. We went, we came. Our own parade / Janet Krouse Wyatt -- My son's childhood / Xuan Quynh -- Vigil. Recollection. Some days. The walk to the Wall. In war and peace. Guided journey. Flashdance. Camouflage. Peace. Coral Bay / Joan A. Furey -- Sister Mary. The coffee room soldier. Vietnam, oppressive heat. I hold them. Cordwood / Penny Kettlewell -- The friendship only lasted a few seconds. Being a vet is like losing a baby / Lily Lee Adams -- The Vietnamese mother / Huong Tram -- Hello, David. I went to Vietnam to heal. Where's the tripwire, Jack? / Dusty -- Cheated. To my unknown soldier boy / Mary Lu Ostergren Brunner -- The trouble is triteness / Winifred Schramm -- Flashbacks. The tears. The "Vietnam vet". The tears. Death speaks. Under the covers. Keep mum. The general's car. Armistice Day. The statue. The peace to end all wars / Norma J. Griffiths -- How many sounds? It's too easy. TV wars--first blood part II. Middle East montage. For Molly. Making friends / Lynda Van Devanter Buckley -- To An Phu. From this distance I talk to you / Ha Phuong -- Saving lives. Unseen. Hindsight / Mary O'Brien Tyrrell -- One small boy / Kathleen F. Harty -- Recovery / Mary Beyers Garrison -- In memoriam / Joan Parrot Skiba -- Eyes / Helen DeCrane Roth -- Left behind. Our war. It's been so long. "Thanks, nurse". / Diane Carlson Evans -- Dark angel / Joan Arrington Craigwell -- My war. Unnamed. Reunited / Diane C. Jaeger -- The gift in wartime. Dream of peace / Tran Mong Tu -- Where are they now? / Margaret Flatt -- Montagnard bracelets. Crying. Saigon? / Sara J. McVicker -- Look into my eyes and see. When the parade passed by / Joyce A. Merrill -- Images at the Wall / Linda Spoonster Schwartz -- Even now / Bernadette Harrod -- Confessional. Short 1968-1990 / Lou McCurdy Sorrin -- How do you say goodbye? / Penni Evans -- My letter to the Wall / Nguyen Ngoc Xuan -- Poem without name / Minh Duc Hoai Trinh.

ISBN

0446392510
9780446392518

LCCN

90023284

OCLC

ocm22767040
22767040
SCSB-8781061

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library