{"product_id":"saved-rounds","title":"Saved Rounds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As a social worker I have a deep interest in Matt Borczon's work. I hope it helped him, and know that it assists others who don't possess his writing skills. From \u003cem\u003eSaved Rounds \u003c\/em\u003ewhich 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. In \"Afghanistan 2010\" we get a glimpse of the stoic mindset of those who serve our country. 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. 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. No one can tell these stories so necessary for understanding our veterans, better than Matt. His gift is the ability to knock us down and drag us through the ravages of war. The poem \"The War\" made me tear up and then lose my battle on the last stanza. I moved on to \"Veterans Day\" and had to seriously stop and make myself breathe. This book couldn't stick to the speed limit and never gave you a break as it raced right on through.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Thasia Ann, author of \u003cem\u003ePam's Jacket, \u003c\/em\u003e Guerilla \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Genisis Press \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eSaved Rounds\u003c\/em\u003e Matt Borczon leads us through the night-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emare of what is PTSD. This book is full of power packed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoems that lets the reader feel the pain and the determination \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof countless amputees, the screams and cries of the Afghan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echildren and a Navy nurse and his family trying to heal. Do \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot thank him for his service or for being a hero but instead \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethank him for these poems, the blood he left on these pages \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand for being a voice for those who can't.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Scot Young, author of\u003cem\u003e Brautigan Meets Bukowski, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e All Around Cowboy \u003c\/em\u003eand publisher at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e the Rusty Truck \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Deuce Coupe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I've long been envious of the heartbreaking devastation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Matt Borczon's poetry, though perhaps not of the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexperiences that led him to write it. Matt has complained \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat many editors don't care for his spare vertical style, but \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the case of poems about war, let us remember what outlaw \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoet Todd Moore said about poems that \"hang down the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epage like long black fuses...\" These are poems waiting for \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou to light them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Brian Rihlmann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a punch to the gut. It hits you where you live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorczon wastes no words in describing the visible and the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunseen scars that war inflicts upon its survivors. The poems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare tight, intense snapshots of the poet's experience while\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eserving in Afghanistan. Brutal but not sensationalistic, the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epower of these poems is undeniable. Once you begin reading, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou won't be able to stop. This should be required reading \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein our turbulent times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Kevin M. Hibshman, editor, \u003cem\u003e FEARLESS\u003c\/em\u003e poetry zine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46531477045458,"sku":"9781952411434","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_17e3bfc4-52dd-4968-a7ab-ffebdad19c12.jpg?v=1762902738","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/saved-rounds","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}