Kevin Young (poet) Quote

In my movie there are no
horses, no heroes
only draftees fleeing
into the pines, some few
who survive, gravely
wounded, lying
burrowed beneath the dead—
silent until the enemy
bayonets what is believed
to be the last of the breathing.


For the Confederate Dead (2007)


In my movie there are no horses, no heroes only draftees fleeing into the pines, some few who survive, gravely wounded, lying burrowed beneath the...

In my movie there are no horses, no heroes only draftees fleeing into the pines, some few who survive, gravely wounded, lying burrowed beneath the...

In my movie there are no horses, no heroes only draftees fleeing into the pines, some few who survive, gravely wounded, lying burrowed beneath the...

In my movie there are no horses, no heroes only draftees fleeing into the pines, some few who survive, gravely wounded, lying burrowed beneath the...