US Army veteran Colin Halloran writes of the overshadowed 2015 Beirut bombing, its “blasts /that have no need /for linguistic shackles.”
Colin Halloran
About Colin Halloran
Colin D. Halloran is an internationally published writer, artist and photographer. He won the 2012 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award for Shortly Thereafter, his memoir-in-verse recounting his experiences as a US Army Infantryman on the frontlines of Afghanistan. His sophomore collection, Icarian Flux, explores themes of PTSD, isolation, and reintegration using persona, metaphor, and experimental form and narration. His most recent work can be found in the anthologies Retire the Colors and The Road Ahead: Stories from the Forever War. He is on Twitter @poetinpinkshoes and online at www.colindhalloran.com