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By Lauren Colberg

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No Man’s Land

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The area between the two armies trenches.

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No Man’s Land

AshbahBy Brian Turner

The ghosts of American soldiers

wander the streets of Balad by night,

unsure of their way home, exhausted,

the desert wind blowing trash

down the narrow alleys as a voice

sounds from the minaret, a soulfull call

reminding them how alone they are,

how lost. And the Iraqi dead,

they watch in silence from rooftops

as date palms line the shore in silhouette,

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Works Cited• Turner, Brian. "Iraq Soldier Describes War in Poetry". npr. 1 May 2010 <http://

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5126583>.• "World War I". ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee. 1 May 2010 <http://

www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/overview/overview.html>.• Simkin, John. "No Man's Land". Spartacus Educational. 1 May 2010 <http://

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnoman.htm >.