PTSD and suicide continue to be major issues for service members and veterans. Now, a current soldier is putting deep thoughts about that “internal war” in a book of poems he wrote. We talked to the ...

Then, and only then, did I come close. SIMON:This poem is written through the experiences of a soldier called Eddie. A bullet had entered the side of his face. The bullet had ricocheted around ...

The poem was published in his collection called The Five Nations. The lines are meant to be repetitive thoughts of soldiers belonging to the British Army, generally used to train the trainees to ...