adding his voice to the current debate about the us occupation of iraq in poems written in the tradition of such poets as wilfred owen yusef komunyakaa dien cai dau bruce weigl song of napalm and alice james own doug anderson the moon reflected fire iraqi war veteran brian turner writes powerfully affecting poetry of witness exceptional for its beauty honesty and skill based on turners yearlong tour in iraq as an infantry team leader the poems offer gracefully rendered unflinching description but remarkably leave the reader to draw conclusions or moral lessons here bullet is a mustread for anyone who cares about the war regardless of political affiliation