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Longing for Home

Kevin Allen 1982 (Maine)

March 23 
Haiku
Surrounded by sand
Shot at by the enemy
I want to go home…

About this poem

I first wrote this poem while deployed to Iraq in the winter of 2005. It was my second deployment as a Marine Corps radio technician, and at this point, I had spent nearly 11 months on the receiving end of weekly rocket and mortar attacks. In the throes of an existential crisis, I wanted nothing more than to be in the comfort of my home.

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Written on December 01, 2005

Submitted by allenk.acom on March 27, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 60
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Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
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