"As a social worker I have a deep interest in Matt Borczon \'s work.
Hibshman, editor, FEARLESS poetry zine.
This should be required reading in our turbulent times." -Kevin M.
Once you begin reading, you won\'t be able to stop.
Brutal but not sensationalistic, the power of these poems is undeniable.
The poems are tight, intense snapshots of the poet\'s experience while serving in Afghanistan.
Borczon wastes no words in describing the visible and the unseen scars that war inflicts upon its survivors.
It hits you where you live.
Matt has complained that many editors don\'t care for his spare vertical style, but in the case of poems about war, let us remember what outlaw poet Todd Moore said about poems that "hang down the page like long black fuses..." These are poems waiting for you to light them." -Brian Rihlmann "This book is a punch to the gut. "I\'ve long been envious of the heartbreaking devastation of Matt Borczon \'s poetry, though perhaps not of the experiences that led him to write it.
Do not thank him for his service or for being a hero but instead thank him for these poems, the blood he left on these pages and for being a voice for those who can\'t." -Scot Young, author of Brautigan Meets Bukowski, All Around Cowboy and publisher at the Rusty Truck and Deuce Coupe.
This book is full of power packed poems that lets the reader feel the pain and the determination of countless amputees, the screams and cries of the Afghan children and a Navy nurse and his family trying to heal.
This book couldn\'t stick to the speed limit and never gave you a break as it raced right on through." -Thasia Ann, author of Pam\'s Jacket, Guerilla Genisis Press "In Saved Rounds Matt Borczon leads us through the night- mare of what is PTSD.
I moved on to "Veterans Day" and had to seriously stop and make myself breathe.
The poem "The War" made me tear up and then lose my battle on the last stanza.
His gift is the ability to knock us down and drag us through the ravages of war.
No one can tell these stories so necessary for understanding our veterans, better than Matt.
It was in "Riding An Imaginary Horse", that I received the gut punch or a pretty pink nightmare, compared to the memories and dreams that still sit on that saddle.
For, "The Last Poem" Matt rips the curtains back and allows those blinds to snap up to the ceiling, to show everyone how war has affected his beloved wife and family.
In "Afghanistan 2010" we get a glimpse of the stoic mindset of those who serve our country.
From Saved Rounds which allowed me to know that social workers and those in the field of psychology have been far too slow to grasp the concept Matt spills out right from the start.
I hope it helped him, and know that it assists others who don\'t possess his writing skills. "As a social worker I have a deep interest in Matt Borczon \'s work
