Black Snowflakes Smothering A Torch How to Talk to Your Veteran - A Primer

by Stovall, Ryan

• ISBN13: 9781954907270
• ISBN10: 1954907273
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-11-01
• Publisher: Woodhall Press

Summary

A primer serving to facilitate dialogue between those who have experienced the crushing arms of war and those who have not, at its foundation Black Snowflakes Smothering a Torch presupposes that many issues veterans face when reintegrating come not from the veteran’s traumas but from the hypocrisies inherent to American civilian culture itself. As such Black Snowflakes represents an invaluable starting point, one that will serve as both a reference for civilians seeking to understand and as a voice for veterans hoping to explain.

Author Biography

Ryan Stovall is a former adventurer, world traveler, and Green Beret twice decorated for valor and awarded two Purple Hearts. Since returning from Pakistan in 2016 he has found writing to be a therapeutic outlet for coping with PTSD. His poetry won the 2018 Wright Award from Line of Advance and has appeared in Rosebud, The Cape Rock, Here Comes Everyone, and other journals and anthologies

Table of Contents

TOC: Zen? 3 Sans Shield 4 American Weddings 5 The Firing Line 6 Apoca Lips 7 One Hard Frost 8 We Return 10 Manhattan 36 I Helped 37 Barracks Living 38 The Embassy Voyeur 39 Tripped Up By Mefloquine 41 You Will Lie Still 43 But By The Grace of Poor Weapons Maintenance 45 On A Fine-Tipped Point 46 The Old Man 48 The Eternal Return of Willy Pete 49 Army Brat 50 Desert Rain 51 Death On An ODA 52 The Lake The Lillies and The Mud 54 Pater Familias 57 No Rolling, Shrink 58 Two, Or More 60 Living 61 Winning 63 First Incision 66 Bullet 68