Operation: Poem
a death a day
"In the first 27 days of June, 27 soldiers and marines were killed [in Anbar Province] . . . New York Times, June 29, 2006
Birdie Jaworski brought this to my attention recently.
For those of you who know or have a loved one in the military; for those of you who wish to speak about our military presence in Iraq; for those of you wishing to do something, Michelle Buchanan has put together Operation Poem, the goal being to write a poem for every soldier that has died so far in combat. She writes:
We will not call you a casualty.
We will not number you. You are
our mothers and fathers, our aunts
and uncles, brothers and sisters,
husbands and wives, friends, lovers
and neighbors, our cousins
and grandparents.
We will write for you.
We will remember you.
I encourage everyone to submit to this. Regardless your political stance on what is happening in the Middle East, what we are doing affects all of us.
Thank you.