Turner and Komenyaka

Turner is writing his poems amist the era of terrorism. Komenyaka has a much more lyrical style and goes more for imagery while Turner is flat out telling us what happened and what he perceives it to be. Turner reminds me of O'Brien. He tells us what happened but also puts his own spin on it to make it a story. Komenyaka goes for a much more abstract form of story telling. He is more like a painter while Turner is similar to a photographer both use their artistic liberties but tell their stories in much different ways. Komenyaka says "Content to be a hummingbirds' target". This is a very subtle way of saying he understands and is ok with taking a bullet. Supposidly a bullet sounds like a hummingbird when it wizzes by. Turner is more graphic with his writing: "Nearby, an old woman cradles her grandson, whispering, rocking him on her knees as though singing him to sleep, her hands wet with their blood, her black dress soaked in it as her legs give out and she buckles with him to the ground". Apart from the eras that these two are writing in the vibe is similar. They are both in unknown foreign lands and are trying their best to serve their country and stay alive. Around every turn lays the possibility of danger, bombs, bullets, fire, and much more. The war in Iraq is certainly very different from Vietnam however the idea of fighting natives in their native land is the same. Both times America is considered superior but we forget that the people we are fighting are fighting to save their homes and they are more desperate than we are. Both times America went into the war with better technology and equipment but does that always mean victory? It doesn't.