The stick soldiers : poems /
Martin, Hugh,1984-
Poems.
M-16A2 assault rifle -- Spring in Jalula -- The stick soldiers -- The global war on terrorism -- The Jalula market -- Responding to an explosion in Qarah Tappah -- First engagement -- Nights in the quadrilateral pool of sawdust and sweat -- The summer of crawling -- The range -- Basic training -- Full moon, M2 machine gun -- Tomorrow, we go up north -- Four-letter word -- Observation post -- Raid -- Nocturne, traffic control point -- Friday night, FOB Cobra -- Pictures of the war -- After curfew -- The rocket -- Causeway overwatch -- Desert nocturne -- The war was good, thank you -- Demobilization -- Home from Iraq, Barking Spider Tavern -- Barracks dream -- Firework elegy -- First snow -- Doe's kill -- Ways of looking at an IED -- Green dreams -- Site 947 : a situation report -- The burn pit detail at FOB Cobra -- This morning, we carry body bags -- Nocturne with sandstorm -- Nostos : Quinn's Bar, Cleveland Heights.
Includes bibliographical references.
Iraq War, 2003-2011
War poetry, American.
Soldiers' writings, American.