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The Art Of Warrior Poetry
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781796576290
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 30 2019
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Marine's journey from homelessness to war to fatherhood - told in verse.
Before he was a decorated combat veteran, Justin T. Eggen was homeless, showering at the beach and sleeping in a '92 Chevy Cavalier. Before he was a father, he was an NCO leading Marines through the deadliest districts of Helmand Province. And before he found peace, he survived his own attempt to end his life on his 23rd birthday.
The Art of Warrior Poetry is his reckoning with all of it - structured in four chapters that mirror the stages of a life rebuilt from nothing:
- WHITE - adolescence and the years before the uniform
- RED - combat, Marjah and Sangin, the weight of war
- BLACK - the darkest chapter, and the fight to survive it
- GOLD - fatherhood, purpose, and what comes after survival
Each poem is unfiltered and built from lived experience, not performance. Readers - veterans and civilians alike - have called it the collection that finally put words to feelings they couldn't articulate themselves.
If we can see our failures, our successes, our rights, our wrongs, and come to terms with them in the mirror - that's when we'll know who we are as human beings, and have a positive impact not just on our own life, but on the lives of everyone around us.
Whether you're a combat veteran, a military family member, or simply someone who has lived through your own White, Red, Black, and Gold - this book will meet you where you are.
Paperback edition. Full color edition also available.
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