| "Letter from Home" ~Dusty | |
Got a down-home letter from my momma today.
It came all the way from the big PX
on the peaceful side of the planet--
land of perfume
and powder puffs
and poodles on leashes.
It was written on petite pink paper
fenced round by thornless roses.
It was chock plumb full of down-home news.
Football pre-season practice started
And it's been hot and awful dry
And a jarhead named Whitman
wasted a dozen-odd students
from a window in the UT tower.
Momma doesn't know what this world's coming to.
But she says nobody I know got killed.
Momma is real glad I'm in Vietnam
working in a hospital where I am safe
where nobody I know gets killed.
©1991, 1996 by Dusty (Written in 1966 in Vietnam.)
Originally appeared in Visions of War, Dreams of Peace, Warner Books, 1991.
Eds. Lynda Van Devanter and Joan Furey.
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in
Vietnam ~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home
Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle
Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim
O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in
the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project Hearts
and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About
Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale
thru Amazon Worldwide!
Photos
from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois
Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served
My Other Websites:
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Writers
Theatre of Chicago ~ And this is the best theater in town
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary Lantern ~
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
PreviewPort.com
~ Connecting Authors and Writers Worldwide
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget
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