Vietnam Poetry
"Driving through Minnesota during the Hanoi Bombings"; "At a March against the Vietnam War"
Poems
By: Robert Bly
Date: 1967
Source: Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967, 34, 37.
About the Author: Robert Bly (1926–) was born in Madison, Minnesota. From 1944 to 1946, he served in the U.S. Navy. Following World War II, he attended St. Olaf College and Harvard University, where he earned his bachelor's degree. He also earned a master's degree from the Iowa Writers Workshop. Bly, who cofounded American Writers Against Vietnam, wrote and spoke against the war. He published a literary magazine, several volumes of poetry, and the book Iron John: A Book About Men, which was an international best-seller.
Introduction
Warfare changed during the twentieth century, and so did poetry about the experience. World War I...
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1960's The Arts Primary Sources
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