{"id":3835,"date":"2020-12-08T20:13:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2020-12-08T20:13:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T20:13:34","slug":"a-last-moment-caught-by-tom-sheehan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/a-last-moment-caught-by-tom-sheehan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Last Moment Caught by\u00a0Tom Sheehan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Last Moment Caught <\/span><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Tom Sheehan<\/p>\n

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It comes again,
\nwithout prejudice,
\nin another millennium:
\nI know the weight of an M-1 rifle
\non a web strap hanging on my shoulder,
\nthe awed knowledge of a ponderous steel helmet
\natop my head, press of a tight lace on one
\nboot, wrap of a leather watch band
\non my wrist,<\/p>\n

and who stood beside me
\nwho stand no more.<\/p>\n

Sheehan, in his 91st year, served in 31st Infantry, Korea 1951-52, graduated Boston College 1956, has published 32 books, multiple works in Rosebud, Literally Stories, Linnet\u2019s Wings, Copperfield Review, Eastlit, Frontier Tales, Faith-Hope-Fiction<\/em>, etc. He\u2019s received 33 Pushcart nominations, 5 Best of Net nominations, other awards. Books include Beside the Broken Trail. Epic Cures; Brief Cases, Short Spans; A Collection of Friends; and From the Quickening<\/em>. Four books in Pocol Press production cycle (Between Mountain and River; Catch a Wagon to a Star; Alone, with the Good Graces; and Jock Poems and Reflections for Proper Bostonians<\/em>; and a novel, The Keating Script<\/em>, at Hammer & Anvil Press.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sheehan, in his 91st year, served in 31st Infantry, Korea 1951-52, graduated Boston College 1956, has published 32 books, multiple works in Rosebud, Literally Stories, Linnet\u2019s Wings, Copperfield Review, Eastlit, Frontier Tales,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3837,"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":[426],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-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