This Veteran’s Day, I’m thinking about how much my <limited, civilian> understanding of war has been expanded/complicated by poets who are also veterans. I’ve had the good fortune over the years at KUOW to interview or feature several extraordinary poets who are also veterans. Here are links to a few:

Yusef Komunyakaa, on his collection Warhorses

Brian Turner, reading from Here, Bullet

Christopher Howell, reading “Home Is the Sailor”