An excerpt from Art Schade’s “Not Alone,” a non-fiction piece featured in the forthcoming volume of The Journal of Military Experience: The group leader asked me to talk about my post-war years, an area where he knew I had some success. I told them that when I left the Marines after four years, I was youthful…
Virgil Huston’s poem “Valhalla” which will be featured in Blue Streak this November. * * * Valhalla —Virgil Huston In modern times why do warriors fight pointless and counterproductive wars? Do they really believe that Afghanistan is a noble cause? Iraq? That make us hated more by those we try to rule. Is it just…
Suzanne S. Rancourt, who is taking over at the helm of Blue Streak: A Journal of Military Poetry following the publication volume one this fall, was recently asked to write about the workshops she leads for underserved populations. Poets & Writers was founded in 1970 and “is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers.”…
When I got into the room and took all my gear off it hit me hard. What exactly it was that hit me I could only describe as an avalanche of horror and hopelessness. I felt like I was trapped in my own death. There was no way out, and I had to play the…