The Most-Read posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: A Tuesday Poem—”AB Negative (The Surgeon’s Poem)” by Brian Turner

Introduction:

Today is Tuesday, so although the Tuesday Poem community will not be resuming activity until the end of the month, it seems fitting to feature the second Tuesday Poem that made it into my 10 most-read posts for 2012. The poem is AB Negative (The Surgeon’s Poem) by US poet Brian Turner, who has become well known internationally for his collections of war (and post-war) poetry, Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise, both published by Bloodaxe Books in the UK.

A strong, beautiful, sad poem—...