Martin poems

The poem “The War Was Good, Thank you”, I think Martin is expressing his fear of doing something wrong that might get him in trouble; he was reluctant to commit in the military completely because by being too active may be perceived differently, not that he is afraid of the war, but he recognized that for soldiers in Iraq, the real war is internal, within the military. The poem “Assault Rifle” is quite a simple poem, showed that how bored he was staying in the military, some days was just like some days, all day every day endless repetitively performing the same procedure, with no convincing reason to himself of doing so. Personally, comparing Martin’s poem with other war poets, Martin’s poem was more appealing to me, more entertaining without complexity or symbols. War poets all were trying to represent the same experience during war; however, what makes Martin different from all others was his attitude, he does not share the common deep philosophical thoughts, and that’s what makes him great. Because sometimes, with over polishing symbolism, it is though for readers to be engage and to correctly interpret the author’s message.