Neal M. Warren
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Neal M. Warren

Literature & Fiction
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It took more than 50 years to complete this collection. Many of my poems were completed beginning to end with no changes between or very little editing and that includes a few longer poems. Other longer works needed tweaking repeatedly. The initial creation was always there but at times needed words replaced or phrases rearranged. Poems may follow a common theme or subject but mine do not. They were written with days or weeks or months between. Each was based on what was an immediate stimulant before my eyes. The exceptions were when something caught my eye that over time became a poem or found its own place within a poem. Having written the previous paragraph I must mention an exception, war had major impact on my life. The last group of poems touches not so much on actual battles but on its impact on me and how I expressed it. Wars are never too old to write about. Technology changes but suffering, pain, death, mourning and memories never do. Why is there always that exception to what I write. There was a single experience that changed me. it was significant enough to inflict PTSD on me. That is expressed in the story, "Imagery of War - 1967". It probably took me nearly two years to complete because I wanted every word to be true to the actual experience. I believe I was successful. It contains the good, bad and ugly of war. It should bring an understanding of the internal conflicts a soldier goes through. Many of my poems were completed beginning to end with no changes between or very little editing and that includes a few longer poems. Other longer works needed tweaking repeatedly. The initial creation was always there but at times needed words replaced or phrases rearranged. Poems may follow a common theme or subject but mine do not. They were written with days or weeks or months between. Each was based on what was an immediate stimulant before my eyes. The exceptions were when something caught my eye that over time became a poem or found its own place within a poem. Having written the previous paragraph I must mention an exception, war had major impact on my life. The last group of poems touches not so much on actual battles but on its impact on me and how I expressed it. Wars are never too old to write about. Technology changes but suffering, pain, death, mourning and memories never do. Why is there always that exception to what I write. There was a single experience that changed me. it was significant enough to inflict PTSD on me. That is expressed in the story, "Imagery of War - 1967". It probably took me nearly two years to complete the story, because I wanted every word to be true to the actual experience. I believe I was successful. It contains the good, bad and ugly of war. It should bring an understanding of the internal conflicts a soldier goes through.
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