Ogichidag

Ogichidag

by. Jim Northrup

I was born in war, WW Two.

Listened as the old men told stories

of getting gassed in the trenches, WW One.

Saw my uncles come back from

Guadalcanal, North Africa

and the battle of the Bulge.

Memorized war stories

my cousins told of Korea.

Felt the fear in their voices.

Finally it was my turn,

my brothers too.

Joined the marines in the time

for the Cuban Missile Crisis

Heard the crack of rifles

in the rice paddies south of Da Nang.

Watched my friends die there

then tasted the bitterness

of the only war America ever lost

My son is now a warrior.

Will I listen to his war stories

or cry to his open grave.

This is the poem that Jim Northrup wrote about war. I am going to Explicate the poem and

examine the message that he is trying to express and the language that he uses to get his point across.

The poem is about a person who whole life is about war. He was born during World War I. He herd the old men tell the stories of what happened when they were in World War II. All of his family members went to some war in their life time. His Uncles Guadalcanal, North Africa and the battle of the Bulge, his Cousins stories of Korea. Then finally it was his and his brothers turn, they had joined the marines just in time for the for the Cuban Missile crisis. After that his friends going to Vietnam