Chenou Liu
Poems by Chenou Liu : 43 / 326
A Tanka Written for the Iraq War's 10th Anniversary
Iraqi children
glued to a small TV:
he stands firmly
under a banner which reads
'Mission Accomplished'
Note: 4,488 soldiers died in the Iraq War, and there is no official record of violent civilian deaths following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Chenou Liu
Submitted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Poems by Chenou Liu : 43 / 326
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