Guard the Dead: poems of war and honor
By John Davis
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From the author of Gigs and The Reservist, John Davis's new poetry collection Guard the Dead explores the consequences of war and the struggles of the human spirit to endure. As a former Coast Guard veteran, Davis brings an authentic voice to his verses on military life, violence, trauma, and the perseverance of love a
John Davis
Author, self-taught electrical engineering designer, worked for 50 plus years, finally retired and always wanted to write a book put his fingers to the keyboard. The words of this book poured out from his life experiences, lost loves, friends, grandparents and family. A fictional book with touches of true life and life long characters from his past.
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Guard the Dead - John Davis
Flat Sole Studio
St. Paul, Minnesota
Davis’s signature language sings, an extravagance for the reader’s ear—each poem full of turns and rhythms, startling imagery, lists and reversals that often lead to stunning conclusions.
—SHARON HASHIMOTO, author of More American, 2022 Washington State Book Award in Poetry
Entering your life like a veteran from outposts of histories both personal and global, John Davis’s poems whisper voices of the dead between taps and reveille. They resonate abiding patterns of human existence, leaving you grateful.
—JOHN WILSON, Pushcart Prize recipient and author of Call This Room a Station
Davis speaks plainly yet beautifully.
—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
The lines in John Davis’s poems saunter and slide with a rhythm that shows music is the heartbeat and blood of his life.
—MICHAEL SPENCE, author of Crush Deep and The Spine
Guard the Dead
poems of war and honor
by John Davis
Flat Sole Studio
St. Paul, Minnesota
flatsolestudio.com
Copyright © 2024 John Davis
All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced in whole or in part
without written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Library of Congress Control Number: 2024935131
ISBN: 979-8-8692-6080-2 (Ingram pbk)
ISBN: 979-8-320434-96-4 (Amazon pbk)
Credits
Blake Hoena, editorial direction
Flat Sole Studio, cover design and book layout
Photo Credits
Shutterstock, cover
Kayla Davis, author photo
Special thanks to Lori Davies, Sharon Hashimoto, Blake Hoena, Sue Hylen, Susan Landgraf, Colleen McElroy, Heather McHugh, Robert McNamara, Sati Mookherjee, Arlene Naganawa, Lisa Sarsfield, Tom Snyder, Michael Spence, Ann Spiers, David Wagoner, Conrad Wesselhoeft, and John Willson.
Acknowledgments
Poems in this collection have appeared previously in the following journals, a few under different titles: Inspection
and Stationed in Yorktown,
Alphabet Box; After Morning Muster,
Boarding the MV from Monrovia,
and Our War,
As You Were Military Review; What Was that Book?,
Bluestem; Navajo Code Talkers,
Chaffin Journal; Longview Parade
and The Dead Are Still Shaving,
Cider Press Review; Icicles at the Edge of the Koi Pond,
Crab Creek Review; Wind Inside the River,
Fahmidan Journal; Lyon Years Later,
Flint Hills Review; Lifelong,
Open Road Review; Final Syllables,
Passager; Napoleon’s Penis,
Pinyon; Before Draft Numbers
and What we Hold,
Poetry Corners; Survival,
Poetry Super Highway; Coming Home,
Roanoke Review; Julius Rosenberg Murmurs from the Dead,
Rose Red Review; Double Reverse,
Song of Eratz Poetry Review; Yalta,
Tinderbox Poetry Journal: Eulogy for a Bullet,
Twelve Mile Review; For the Last Time,
The Virginia Norma; "Bob