of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo lead to the anguished and angry question ". . .Why is our enemy/always dark-skinned/always surrendering an arm/& a leg for a tooth,/a child for an eye?"Yusef Komunyakaa is a national cultural treasure, a poet whose depth of compassion and gift for the telling turn of phrase will guarantee him a distinguished place in the literary history of our times.
from The Post-Dispatch: Warhorses
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