Email from frequent Old War Dogs contributor Roberto Prinselaar (USN 1948-1957, USCG 1967-1989). I added the Amazon link.:
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Bill,
My new book “Tears Of Ink” has been published, and is available at www.amazon.com. The book is a compilation of all of my military poems plus some writings. One of the counselors at the Vet Center in Las Vegas urged me to publish, and my wife assisted in getting everything ready for the publisher. I can’t take any of the profits from the sale of the book because I firmly believe that my being able to write what I did was a gift from God, so I’m donating all of the profits to our local chapter #961 of the Viet Nam Veterans of America. They just got started and need help.
Bob Prinselaar
Seriously, folks, this is one you really need a copy of. Check out Bob's Old War Dogs contributions and his IWVPA page .
Tears of Ink Bob Prinselaar
My tears of ink flow down my pen A torrent of what’s inside of me My feelings in a tale The words all come from deep within Old memories just come tumbling out As I pull aside the veil Some memories darker than the ink And I fight to keep them down My hand grips hard the pen Why am I cursed with all my thoughts Of things that happened long ago And of men I knew back then So now I write to ease the pain And I cry inside to form the ink And let it flow to write But ink will never be the same And I will never find my peace Till real tears blur my sight
Contributed by Bill Faith on August 27, 2007 at 06:01 PM in , , |