Yesterday, when I was 19, was 46 years ago; wait, that can’t be right… On that day, in a low-profile, mid-west college campus’ commons, an event occurred that was among the most unforgettable of my brief life. It still is. Some background: My older brother volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, entering as a […]
James Garrett: Veterans deserve a ‘Welcome home’
Simply sharing because things are on my mind, and I feel the need to write. Maybe it is editorializing, but here it is for whatever it is worth to anyone. A few years ago, Roberta and I went Christmas shopping. At one of our stops she needed to enter a store alone, and I needed […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “A Place Called Vietnam”
“Get outta there!” One didn’t leave. “Get outta there!” Things hard to believe. “One step at a time.” A voice strong but calm. He stood his spot, And gave a hand’s palm. He wouldn’t have left, though, Had he been on fire. Then he couldn’t leave, From his funeral pyre. Green smoke, Burning hair, Eyes […]