Author's Synopsis

The Military Writers Society of America and The Cuddy Family Foundation for Veterans are honored to present a collection of original poems and short stories from veterans of the armed forces. Hundreds of submissions were received for a contest to send one veteran to the MWSA's Annual Convention set for August 2022 in New Orleans and the finalists are featured in this book. It is our pleasure to publish the creative efforts of the following veterans: Scott Mulvaney (Marine Corps), Kari Sobisky (Marine Corps), Melanie Costa (Marine Corps & Army), Jim Greenwald (Navy), Eric Leja (Marine Corps), Philip Julian (CO Army National Guard), Reed Bonadonna (Marine Corps), Marc Levy (Army), Theresa Ann Boquist (Navy), Mark Voelker (Marine Corps), Michael Lund (Navy), John Cathcart (Air Force), Tanya R. Whitney (Army), Michael Mullane (Navy), Eric Wasileski (Army & Navy), Thomas Mangan (Air Force), Donald Purdy (Navy), Jim Tritten (Navy), Richard K. Cartwright (Air Force), Jon M. Nelson (Army), Jessi Atherton (Army National Guard), George J. Bryjak (Marine Corps), Steven Wade Veatch (Navy), J. Scott Price (VA Army National Guard), Tim Weaver (Air Force), Ken Harbert (Navy & Coast Guard), Everett Cox (Army), R.G. Roberts (Navy), Briana M. Carr (Army), Jennifer K. Yancey (Army), Alexis Casiday (Navy), Robert W. Poirier (Navy), and Elvis Aaron Leighton (MN Army National Guard). This anthology was compiled by G.A. Cuddy and edited by April Leavenworth and I.Z. Fallon. The poem "Spring Thaw" by J. Scott Price of Faber (VA) was selected as the top selection.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will be split evenly between The Military Writers Society of America (mwsadispatches.com) and The Cuddy Family Foundation for Veterans (tcfffv.org). Note: the inspiration for the title of this collection stems from Ezra Pound's "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley," his 1920 poetry book that included a stirring elegy dedicated to those who served, and fought in any case, during The Great War.