Title: The Insanity of Empire
Description: This poetry collection discusses the Iraq war and some of the ominous implications of that serious step taken by the Republican administration. The collection includes six poems from the author's book on the Vietnam War, as well as a new group of poems discussing the power of the greedy soul or 'the rapacious soul.' Another five poems are in the ghazal form, including 'Call and answer, ' one of the first poems written against the Iraq War.
Subjects: Iraqi War, 2003, Poetry, Anti-war poetry, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Anti-war poetry, English