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​VIETNAM  WAR  POE​TRY
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FOUNDING POET:    PAUL HELLWEG

PicturePaul Hellweg at Tuy Hòa, Phú Yên Province, 1968


















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​   Paul Hellweg  served in Vietnam from  May 1968  to  April 1969, 
   first
as an artillery forward observer with the  11th Armored Cavalry Regiment,
   later
as an advisor to a  Vietnamese Regional Forces/Popular Forces  platoon.
   Rank of  Captain,  his decorations include 2  Bronze Stars,  the Purple Heart, 
   Presidential Unit Citation,  Combat Infantry Badge 
   & the  Republic of Vietnam's Cross of Gallantry.

   He is currently a member of both  Vietnam Veterans Against the War 
   ​&  Veterans for Peace.  


   ​Paul  is the author of 12 books & several hundred other publications - 
   newspaper 
& magazine articles, book & movie reviews, short stories, essays, etc. 
   With more than 200 poems published, his poetry has received multiple
   nominations for both the Pushcart Prize 
&  Best of the Net Awards. 
   Paul's  first book of poetry,  
Ode to a Drunken Muse
  [ Alien Buddha Press  (2019) ] 
   received highly positive reviews from  MadSwirl.com & 
Coatlism Press.  
   The poems are not directly related to the Vietnam War,
   but they do give a clear picture of what it's like to live with PTSD. 
   He was an  Assistant Professor of Adventure Recreation & Wilderness Literature
   at California State University, Northridge.  
   He has also been executive producer for several motion pictures. 
                    PaulHellweg.com                      PaulHellweg.com/poetry  

   Paul  established  VietnamWarPoetry.com 
   to foster greater understanding of the Vietnam War 

   & its impact on America, Vietnam, ​the veterans of both sides 
​   & all people involved either directly or indirectly. 

~

​PAUL HELLWEG'S VIETNAM POETRY 
​
Online & Print Publications 
Video if available   [0:00 = start time] 
​Most recent toward the top 



    A New Journey Begins          Gargoyle #64     (print) 

   The Sorrow of War          Gargoyle #64     (print)     video  0:00 

   Taking a Trip to London          Gargoyle #64     (print) 

   The Fifth Dimension          Proud To Be     (print) 

Dien Bien Phu Cemetery          Gargoyle     (print) 

Ghosts          Proud To Be     (print)     video  2:05 

Dance to the Dustoff Waltz          Proud To Be     (print)     

  The New Guy          video  0:00 

Moment of Silence          The Veteran 

Uncoiling          The Veteran 

Ambush on the Street Without Joy  #1         video  0:35 

Ambush on the Street Without Joy  #2          The Veteran 

Forty-Three Years and Counting           The Veteran 

Wounded          The Veteran 

Prey for War          Protest Poems     [1st poem] 

On a Battlefield the Flies Don't Care Who Wins          Protest Poems     [2nd poem] 

The Road More Traveled          The Veteran

Bête Noire   (The Black Beast)          The Veteran     video  0:00 

Cult of the Wounded          The Veteran

Memorial Day 2010          Asphodel Madness     video  3:33 

A Tidy Battlefield          The Veteran

A Veteran's Manifesto          The Veteran

A Meadow on my Map          Askew     (print) 

The Hero          The Veteran      video  0:00 

Pain          The Veteran

Casualty Notification          Raving Dove

Over There          Askew     (print) 

M.A.S.H.          Against Agamemnon     (print) 
 

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