The two poems that struck me the most were the two that seemed to be the most violent. First of all, The Colonel, the ears. What a vivid image that leaves in ones mind. The idea that you are a dinner guest at a foreign colonel's cottage that seems to be in the midst of a war in itself, and then to finish up your meal and walk out of the room having to walk on the severed ears of who all knows what races and what those poor people did to have this done to them.
The second poem that stuck with me was Song of Napalm. The reader becomes entranced by a young woman running away from something that can not be out run! And to have to watch her destroyed before your very eyes is horrible! Coming from someone who works with clients that sometimes do suffer from PTSD, I realize that there has to be some sort of release of these memories, and that is exactly what these poems said to me, that these authors have seen unspeakable horrors that are always with them when they close their eyes, and for them to write so others can read is amazing in itself.
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This video does get a tiny bit graphic, but it shows the effect of napalm on a naked child in Vietnam. This is the video I instantly thought of when I read Song of Napalm.
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