John Hulse Collected Poems (1985–2015)
Volume 3
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I saw a photograph of a 70 year old Vietnamese grandmother I saw a photograph of a 70 year old Vietnamese grandmother transporting 600 pounds of military supplies by using a bicycle without rubber for the tires, with 300 pounds somehow balanced on each side of the handlebars. The soldiers needed the supplies and grandma was willing to risk terrible hardship, and possible death to see that the soldiers got the guns, food, ammunition, and medical supplies that they needed. What I took from this was that if a 70 year old woman is willing to transport 600 pounds of ANYTHING, much less bombs, grenades, rifles, ammunition, food, medical supplies… through a dense suffocating jungle, while thousands of bombs fall from the sky, trying to kill her, then the message is clear, she is telling you, GET OUT! Get the FUCK OUT!! Get the FUCK OUT RIGHT NOW… We should have listened to her. 58,000 (of us) dead 1.5 million (of them) dead if you add in, and why wouldn’t you, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia… that number rises to 3.5 million. 150,000 US wounded, 1,600 MIA…. Many scars live on the inside. In our nightmares. Some say there are still men over there. I don’t know the answer to that question. But if it’s true, these men would be 70 years old now, and would have to have survived more than 40 years of brutality and torture. It’s just too much. How does that make you feel?
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This book is an amazing collection of poems from John Hulse. His award-winning poetry and stories touch on subjects of social justice, religion and spirituality, and politics and humor. The book was written to try and raise money and awareness for veterans’ causes. Proceeds from the book will be directed toward veterans’ organizations.
About the Author
John Hulse is a poet, artist, photographer and filmmaker from Anderson, Indiana. He is the author of Collected Poems (1985-2015) volume 1, Haiku on the Bush Administration (2012), The Best and Worst Job I Ever Had (selected poems 1985-2005) (2006), Villains of the Impeachment: Sex, Lies and $50 Million Taxpayer Dollars (2004), Democracy for Sale! : The Two Year Search for Extraterrestrials and Campaign Finance Reform (2002), From the Beats to the B Sides (1999) Teachable Movies for Elementary and Middle School Classrooms (1998), and Somewhere West of the Fields (1992).
His work has also appeared in 25 anthologies including, “Mythic America: An Anthology of New American Poetry” (Crescent Moon--England). He is also a featured poet in the 1997 through 2000 editions of The Poet's Market and has received awards from The Bay Area Poets Association, The Southern Writer's Association including The International Poet of Merit Award as well as The Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence.
Mr. Hulse has also worked as a book editor for dozens of universities and publishing companies from all over the world. Titles include What's It All About? dealing with world views on religion from the ancient Greeks to Einstein's Theory of Relativity,
In the Shadows of the Holocaust and Communism, American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, The Kennedy Brothers: A Legacy In Photographs, African Wars: A Defense Intelligence Perspective, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: Man of Spirit, Man of Action, Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Extraordinary Women of Medicine, Damn Yankees: Yogi, Whitey and the Mick, The Story of American Golf, A Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys, Easy Prey written by former Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen, The Best American Movie Writing 2001 edited by director John Landis, The Gangs of New York which was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, the autobiography of Eric Burdon, and Indian Yell by Dances with Wolves author Michael Blake.