Caren Krutsinger Poet Sonnet

Us Military Put a Spin On It

Troops confidently led to Ong Thanh Stream
United States Companies B and D.
Watched as air strikes troubled the VC team.
Later found seventeen killed enemy.

Silver Star presented to Welch that day.
Captain Nguyen Van Lam set up ambush.
First Platoon reported trees were a sway.
A claymore mine exploded in a rush.

US Military put a spin on it.
Ong Thanh was a disastrous battle.
VC Victory we did not admit.
US Soldiers informed not to tattle.

Allen and Dowling were two lost that day.
Hundreds of others, a swamp far away.



Written 12-31-2018                          Contest: War Sonnet
                                                            Sponsor: Mark Massey

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M. L. Kiser January 2, 2019 at 5:27 PM War is such a horror; what happens to humans to make them want to start wars, in the first place? Greed, pure meanness? Selfishness? And why do those who start it, never end up fighting in it or dying a hard death. When it comes to war, I think justice is pure myth. Caren Krutsinger January 3, 2019 at 12:24 AM I think we are usually going for the oil, so the rich can get richer, and the ones who join the military are often from the poorer families, so they can get an education, so we lose a lot of poor people's families, so rich people can get richer. It is such a sad trade off.