{"id":2217,"date":"2014-04-15T01:35:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T01:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2017-07-12T00:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T00:48:53","slug":"korean-echo-by-tom-sheehan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/korean-echo-by-tom-sheehan\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Echo by Tom Sheehan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tomsheehan\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Korean Echo<\/h2>\n

by Tom Sheehan<\/p>\n

My turn had come;
\nBilly Pigg, helmet lost,
\nshrapnel alive in him,
\nblood free as air,
\ndying in my arms.<\/p>\n

Billy asked a blessing, had
\nnone since birth. My canteen
\ncame his font. Then he said,
\n\u201cI never loved anybody.
\nCan I love you?\u201d
\nMy father told me,
\nhis turn long gone downhill;
\n\u201cKeep water near you, always.\u201d
\nHe thought I\u2019d be a priest before
\nall this was over,
\nnot a lover.<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Sheehan served in the 31<\/span><\/span>st<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Infantry Regiment, Korea 1951 and graduated from Boston College in 1956. His books are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Epic Cures; Brief Cases, Short Spans<\/i><\/span><\/span>;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>A Collection of Friends<\/i><\/span><\/span>;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>From the Quickening<\/i><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 He has 24 Pushcart nominations, and 365 stories on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rope and Wire Magazine.<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Recent eBooks from Milspeak Publishers include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Korean Echoes<\/i><\/span><\/span>, 2011, nominated for a Distinguished Military Award and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Westering, 2012,<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>nominated for a National Book Award<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span>His newest eBooks, from Danse Macabre\/Lazarus\/Anvil, are\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Murder at the Forum<\/i><\/span><\/span>, an NHL mystery novel,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Death of a Lottery Foe, Death by Punishment and An Accountable Death<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>His work is in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rosebud (6<\/i><\/span><\/span>th<\/i><\/span><\/sup><\/span>\u00a0issue), The Linnet\u2019s Wings (6<\/i><\/span><\/span>th<\/i><\/span><\/sup><\/span>\u00a0issue),<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ocean Magazine (8<\/i><\/span><\/span>th<\/i><\/span><\/sup><\/span>\u00a0issue),<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and many internet global sites and print magazines\/anthologies.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Due for mid-year publication from Pocol Press is a collection of stories,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>In the Garden of Long Shadows<\/i><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Most all his books are on Amazon Kindle or Nook.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sheehan served in the 31st Infantry Regiment, Korea 1951 and graduated from Boston College in 1956. His books are Epic Cures; Brief Cases, Short Spans; A Collection of Friends; From the Quickening. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[431],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friends-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t