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"What's the forecast today? Steel Rain": Powerful true-war stories told in 6-word poems

Military & Defense TeamOct 22, 2016, 01:08 IST

The "Six-Word War" project is the first crowdsourced war memoir collecting experiences from veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.In six-word poems, veterans describe the complexities of modern warfare in their own words.

The results are at times humorous, agonizing, reflective, and profound.

Submissions for "Six-Word War" are accepted on Tumblr, Facebook, and #SixWordWar.

Here's a selection of 21 powerful poems from the "Six-Word War" memoir.