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Circuit

Posted on June 13, 2014 by amalieflynn

The power goes off again In this condo I am living in … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Circuit. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/circuit/

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No

Posted on January 1, 2014 by amalieflynn

Eighty seconds, my mother says, Over the telephone … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem No. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/no/

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Hand

Posted on November 20, 2013 by amalieflynn

I am practicing spelling with my son, Saying the word sever out loud, … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Hand. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/hand-2/

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, afghanistan, amalie flynn, America, amputation, amputee, arm, army wife, body, bombs, bone, bones, child, children, cluster, country, couples, cut, dead, death, deployment, explode, explosion, father, gone, grief, gun, hand, hands, hospital, house, husband, IED, imagine, injured, injury, iraq, leg, letter, limb, living, lost, marine wife, marriage, metal, military, military wife, milspouse, mother, navy wife, ordnance, playing, ptsd, radius, reach, relationships, road, sever, soldier, son, spelling, stones, stretching, trapezium, trapezoid, unexploded, vbied, veteran, war, wife, wife and war, wifeandwar, world | Leave a comment

Turns

Posted on October 8, 2013 by amalieflynn

I am driving in my car, Down streets that cut … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Turns. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/turns/

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Sclera

Posted on September 30, 2013 by amalieflynn

We are at the eye doctor And she is showing us a diagram … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Sclera. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/sclera/

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Free

Posted on July 4, 2013 by amalieflynn

Today it is the Fourth of July, And when my son finds me … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Free. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/free/

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Birthday

Posted on March 1, 2013 by amalieflynn

When you came home from war, You gave me a stone shaped like a heart, … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Birthday. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/birthday/

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Ventricle

Posted on February 14, 2013 by amalieflynn

When a soldier deploys to war, He goes to a country with … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem Ventricle. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog, at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/ventricle/

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Hurricane

Posted on November 2, 2012 by amalieflynn

The hurricane hits America, After it hits Haiti and the Bahamas and Jamaica and Cuba, … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s new poem called Hurricane. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/hurricane/

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged afghanistan, America, Bahamas, bodies, bombs, child, children, Cuba, death, deployment, destruction, father, flood, flooding, global, grief, guns, Haiti, halloween, human, humanity, hurricane, husband, iraq, Jamaica, military, military wife, mother, mourning, sandy, soldier, storm, war, wife, wifeandwar | Leave a comment

Arming

Posted on October 24, 2012 by amalieflynn

It is night in America. And in this house, on a television, … This is an excerpt of Amalie Flynn’s poem called Arming. To read the rest, go to her Wife and War blog at http://wifeandwar.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/arming/

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