Mark, Jan, comp. Jetblack Sunrise: Poems About War and Conflict.MARK, Jan, comp comp See comparison. . A jetblack sunrise; poems about war and conflict. Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square, in Westminster, London, England, named for Lord Nelson's victory at the battle of Trafalgar. The statue surmounting the Nelson memorial column (185 ft/56 m high) was sculpted (1840–43) by E. H. Baily. . 159p. illus, index, c2003. 0-340-89379-6. $8.99. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. King David and William Shakespeare are among the earliest writers who share space in this anthology with Kipling, Burns, Whitman, Auden and Yeats, although the majority of these poems commemorating the glory and horror of war were penned in the 20th century. Organized into four sections--Peace in Our Time, The Dogs of War, Casualties, and Cold and Civil--the poems range from pleas for peace to lamentations Lamentations, book of the Bible, placed immediately after Jeremiah, to whose author it has been ascribed since ancient times. It was probably composed by several authors. It is a series of five poems mourning the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon. of survivors to reflections upon why wars occur. "Wars happen because the ones who start them think they can win," Margaret Atwood concludes in the final poem, "The Loneliness of the Military Historian." Short selections, combined with an easy-on-the-eye format that includes occasional b/w woodcuts, make this volume accessible to both middle school and high school students, whose teachers will find plenty of scope for group discussion. For a more graphic, comprehensive treatment of war from multiple perspectives, consider also purchasing Voices in Wartime." A Collection of Narratives and Poems, edited by Andrew Himes (reviewed in this issue). Jessica Swaim, Cataloger, Cherry Creek Cherry Creek may refer to:
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