I wrote a book called Warrant Error round and about the ‘War on Terror’.
It seems the right time to remind people that it is
still in print, from Shearsman, here: Shearsman
Books buy Robert Sheppard - Warrant Error
It seems the right time because, on Sunday 5th, I heard a feature on the World this Weekend that completely failed to mention that any Afghans, Iraqis, or others were killed in this ‘War’. Since they claimed to be explaining the terrible events of 9/11 to those who weren't born then, they clearly failed in some duty. Of course, my poems don't 'explain' in that way.
There are a number of samples from the book online. They include:
perhaps most appropriately, given recent events, 'Afghanistan', a poem that formed part of a collaboration with calligrapher Thomas Ingmire: Pages: Robert Sheppard and Thomas Ingmire: Afghanistan
Some
sonnets from Warrant Error and other poems may be seen on
the Eyewear feature on my work, here. More,
here: from Warrant Error:
http://jacketmagazine.com/32/sheppard-sonnets.shtml
The introductory three poems (they are not sonnets like the rest) may be read
on Intercapillary Space here.
More here: Pages:
Robert Sheppard's Warrant Error: unredacted report from the War on Terror
A set of poems focussed on the War on Terror here: Pages: Robert Sheppard's Warrant Error: unredacted report from the War on Terror
The book overall is ‘round and about’ the War on Terror since I try to write about more positive qualities in the ‘human covenant’.
Pages:
Robert Sheppard: four poems for Patricia (from Warrant Error)
Here's one that I don't think I selected for History or Sleep (where you can read a select grouping of these sonnets, which works well as a sampler). It's 'round and about' the only personal involvement I had in the 'War': a bit of rubbernecking in a local street where a suspect's (unfortunate) brother lived, and had his house searched (they found nothing). I like the identification of 'global' warming and warning in this extremely 'local' poem.
And I read a run of them on the ‘Archive of the Now’ audio site: sheppard-robert_september-12_brunel_2006.MP3
You may read about History or Sleep here: Pages: Robert Sheppard: How I selected History or Sleep: Selected Poems
