War Poems From Iraq favicon.ico 2007-01-17T13:23:07.0000000-06:00 warpoemsfromiraq.com ...Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My Subject is War, and the Pity of War, The Poetry is in the Pity. http://www.warpoemsfromiraq.com/ DasBlog Book Release http://www.warpoemsfromiraq.com/PermaLink,guid,63eed91f-8f9d-41ee-b140-920f02bea10b.aspx 2006-08-16T09:22:30.3430000-05:00 2006-08-16T21:15:06.8281250-05:00
My book of poems was recently published.  It describes my time in Iraq.  Click on the image to  buy it.


Kill Me A Son

God looked down and said
Kill me a son
But when one son was dead
The killing wasn't done

The killing went on
And more sons came
Some said it was wrong
But more were still slain

Why did we make war?
To that place in the East
WMDs for sure
The devil's had his feast


 Bio http://www.warpoemsfromiraq.com/PermaLink,guid,829db755-a9a5-401a-be05-7bd8ef5ffa4e.aspx 2006-08-15T21:23:59.4370000-05:00 2007-01-17T13:23:07.0000000-06:00 <p> </p> <p class=MsoNormal> </p> <p class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Captain Gregory Robert Samuels is a&nbsp;retired Army Officer and the former Company Commander of the 143rd Military Police Company out of <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:city w:st="on">West Hartford</st1:city> , <st1:state w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:state> </st1:place> .&nbsp; The 143rd Military Police Company was deployed to <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:city w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:city> , <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> </st1:place> from April 2003 until April 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF1).&nbsp; Captain Samuels was wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) on 09 September 2003.&nbsp; He was medically evacuated to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> then back to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place> </st1:country-region> due to a serious shrapnel injury to his right arm and subsequent nerve damage.&nbsp; He returned to <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place> </st1:country-region> at the beginning of December 2003.&nbsp; The whole unit returned to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place> </st1:country-region> in April 2004.&nbsp; Eleven soldiers, including Captain Samuels, were awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat.&nbsp; Not one soldier from the 143rd Military Police Company was killed while serving in <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:city w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:city> , <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region> </st1:place> .&nbsp; The 143rd Military Police Company recently was awarded the Valorous Unit Award for "extraordinary heroism in military operations against an armed enemy."&nbsp; Captain Samuels was also awarded the Bronze Star while serving in <st1:country-region w:st="on"> <st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place> </st1:country-region> .&nbsp; He currently lives in <st1:city w:st="on">Mansfield</st1:city> , <st1:state w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:state> , with his wife and two dogs and is a graduate of the <st1:place w:st="on"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:placename> </st1:place> class of 1992, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.&nbsp; </p> <p class=MsoNormal> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.warpoemsfromiraq.com/aggbug.ashx?id=829db755-a9a5-401a-be05-7bd8ef5ffa4e" />