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Viet Nam, 1966

steamy jungle dense undergrowth viny overgrowth thickets abound -- monkeys chatter foretelling doom snakes hissing eerie sirens -- bamboo sticks in the ground spiked with poison puncture unsure feet... all to protect an unseen enemy raining bullets down from nowhere ~ Viet Nam, 1966 ~

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Sandra Adams

Date: 12/24/2019 6:07:00 AM

Wow powerful write Gershon ... that ending lingers as war would in the mid If those that have been in that position Wonderful penning :) hugs Happy Hanukkah to you my friend

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:32:00 PM

Thank you so much for the spirited comment, Sandy! Merry Xmas to you and yours! Peace, Gershon

Constance La France

Date: 12/23/2019 4:24:00 PM

Gershon, wow what an awful image you have painted and it seems to me that it is realisic, well done.. check your soupmail

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:26:00 PM

Thanks for the encouragement, D.H. :) gw

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/22/2019 6:07:00 PM

I’ve heard the bullets fall like rain. All the imagery of war and doom! My inspiration came from watching Gettysburg. I paused the video just as a soldier fell off a cliff. Too many ways to die in war.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:26:00 PM

whoa! Gettysburg was a hell on land, wasn't it?! I thnk 40,000 fell in just two or three days... War is hell, for sure. Peace, Gershon

Tom Cunningham

Date: 12/22/2019 1:58:00 PM

Quite stark imagey Gershon, bullets from nowhere, Charlie coming out of his tunnel firing and disappearing again. I still think China and Russia were heavily involved in that war. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:24:00 PM

Oh, you're absolutely correct about USSR's support for the VC. No doubt about it. Thanks, Tom. :) Gershon

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/22/2019 10:46:00 AM

You were either there, or your muse was there, or you have spoken to those who were there. WOW!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:23:00 PM

Very prescient, Caren. Thanks for the support! :) gw

Bobby May

Date: 12/22/2019 8:13:00 AM

Well done my friend and do I have monkey story, lol

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:22:00 PM

Thank you, Brother Bobby. Happy Happiness! :) gw

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 12/21/2019 11:19:00 PM

Gershon, your poem paints a vivid picture of what Vietnam was like in 1966, even for those who were not there. Well done!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:19:00 PM

Thanks, Evelyn. I've been reading Colin Powell's autobiography, "My American Journey,' which triggered this poem. Powell spent 7 agonizing months in Nam... Thank you for your encouragement and Season's Best! ~ Gershon

Na Na

Date: 12/21/2019 10:47:00 PM

Nice 1 Gershon. I wasnt there but I know many that was. Thanks for sharing

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/24/2019 3:16:00 PM

Thanks for the support, Greg! Season's best, Gershon