“The Hurt Locker” leaves us with feelings of sorrow and pain. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Get all the details on The Hurt Locker: Beckham. The voice is that of a soldier, but Turner leaves it open enough for anyone to relate. This poem hits every American close to home. Believe it when you see it. and fire. The Hurt Locker is a poem written by Brian Turner; it is probably the most heartbreaking poem I have ever read.
In the first paragraph of “The Hurt Locker” Turner is describing the aftermath of a battle. Most everyone has a family or friend that has joined the military and spent time in the Middle East. The Hurt Locker (2009) directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Open the hurt locker and learn ( Log Out /  deep into someone’s skull. Turner continues to use strong vocabulary in the second paragraph of “The Hurt Locker” when explaining the “punch” of a sniper bullet hitting someone in the head and the “shower” of bullets when a group of four combatants step out of a taxi. He leaves a mystery to the term which only enhances the poem. His use of these words isn’t offensive in the context of this poem because the language helps the reader to see how things really were during deployment overseas. ( Log Out /  Open the hurt locker Everyone has either had a family member or a friend who has enlisted into the military during the War on Iraq. My Life as a Foreign Country is published by W.W. Norton & Company in the US and Canada, and by Jonathan Cape/Random House in the UK and Ireland. Or when a sniper punches a hole. This poem hits every American close to home. Nothing but bullets and pain and the bled-out slumping and all the fucks and goddamns and Jesus Christs of the wounded. and see what there is of knives. Description, analysis, and more, so you can understand the ins and outs of The Hurt Locker. “The Hurt Locker” is a deeply moving poem about the Iraq war, written by Brian Turner. His poem explains the pains endured by the soldiers. Nothing but hurt left here. Nothing left here but the hurt. Every enlisted or retired solider probably can reference a memory while reading this poem.

There’s hardly a person out there that hasn’t been affected by the Iraq War, especially in the United States. Turner successfully forces civilians to face the terrors of combat. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Or when a sniper punches a hole deep into someone’s skull. Nothing left here but the hurt. The realistic descriptions of agony felt by those fighting are extremely convincing. It helps make the poem feel more real to those reading it. ABOUT THE POET ~

Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Using heart wrenching details, Turner describes the acts done by soldiers during the war. ( Log Out /  “The Hurt Locker” is a deeply moving poem about the Iraq war, written by Brian Turner. A team of soldiers from the explosive ordinance disposal (or EOD) team is trying to defuse a bomb. The horrific scene may leave readers feeling uncomfortable, but only because they are being forced to view war as something more than just numbers of those killed on a TV screen. Log In. Believe it when four men His poem explains the pains endured by the soldiers. Believe it when a twelve-year-old and teeth. He talks about suicide bombers and extremists.

( Log Out /  The poem, the Hurt Locker despite its brief length is incredibly moving. rolls a grenade into the room. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

The final few lines of the poem reference the hurt locker, but don’t fully explain what it is. step from a taxicab in Mosul. No American citizen is untouched by the war on Iraq. ( Log Out /  Love means not ever having to say you're sorry. We dive right into the middle of a war zone in 2004 Baghdad, a year-ish after the Iraq War began. rolls a grenade into the room. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It has affected every American. Open the hurt locker.

He writes in a way that helps you feel the pains of war and envision the battlefield during an attack. The second paragraph goes into detail about the terrors found overseas. to shower the street in brass He also stirs up memories that may have been buried deep inside veteran’s minds of their own battles. The author uses explicit language in order to convey his story.
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and the bled-out slumping All Rights Reserved. It is something that should be taken seriously, and not taken lightly. Nothing but hurt left here. By using swearwords the author is helping you picture the soldiers in a more tangible way. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The best and most heartbreaking part of this poem is the repeated reference of the hurt locker. The Hurt Locker is a poem written by Brian Turner; it is probably the most heartbreaking poem I have ever read. Believe it when you see it. Unfortunately, the whole situation goes south, and the team's bomb tech and team leader, a guy named Thompson, ends up getting killed. “Nothing but the Hurt Left Here…” Brian Turner’s “The Hurt Locker”, is a poem about the Iraqi war and the suffering the soldiers face there. This war on Iraq however is not the purpose of my blog. He explains in first person about the horrors that most Americans have only heard about on their nightly news. and see what there is of knives Change ). No American citizen is untouched by the war on Iraq. ( Log Out /  The author could not get his message across without the use of such language. Believe it when a twelve-year-old rolls a grenade into the room. Menu. ( Log Out /  deep into someone’s skull. By specifying the scene of the battle as Mosul, Turner grabs the attention of those who have researched Iraq’s geography. The symbolism of “The Hurt Locker” is left up to the reader to imagine. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Register now and publish your best poems or read and bookmark your favorite popular famous poems.

He writes in a way that helps you feel the pains of war and envision the battlefield during an attack. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The first paragraph of this poem uses explicit language. Change ). The reader must open the hurt locker and see the pain these soldiers experience, see the hurt that causes them to become capable to killing fellow men and “hunt for souls”. The author doesn’t explain what the hurt locker is or what it means. Believe it when four men. and all the fucks and goddamns Nothing but bullets and pain