War Poet.ca - A CFAP Project by Suzanne Steele

Diary Archive

September 2010

06 ~ from the mail bag
03 ~ sniper lesson (5)

August 2010

31 ~ sniper lesson (4)
29 ~ wadi (5)
27 ~ Suffield tree
26 ~ what I did not expect
26 ~ suffield redux
22 ~ before the storm (wadi 3)
21 ~ wadi (2) (1)
20 ~ Sniper Lesson 3 (Audio)
16 ~ soldier's words
16 ~ plague
12 ~ rage
12 ~ rage
11 ~ audio reading of Night Before the Big Op
08 ~ Wadi
06 ~ Audio reading of The Angel's Share
04 ~ after (3)
02 ~ maintainers

July 2010

31 ~ WWx (more pages from my life)
29 ~ good to go
29 ~ New audio readings online
26 ~ pattern of life (from May Day)
24 ~ Patrol (from May Day)
23 ~ transition (1)
20 ~ soldier in waiting (1)
18 ~ 4 days leave
15 ~ road trips
14 ~ 'Many Sisters to Many Brothers'
14 ~ Patricias
12 ~ after (2)
12 ~ Silence and War (Dissertation from the U.K.)
08 ~ the ethics of writing (4)
08 ~ just in from OMIK
07 ~ macleans
06 ~ no, tell me what you really think (redux)
04 ~ sniper lesson (3)
03 ~ comms
03 ~ test
01 ~ sniper lesson (2) (1)

June 2010

30 ~ sniper lesson(1) (1)
30 ~ radio interview with CBC Edmonton's Peter Brown
28 ~ medics
28 ~ juxtaposition (1)
25 ~ no, tell me what you really think (5)
25 ~ fly boys
23 ~ two letters from the mailbag
22 ~ full circle (1)
21 ~ 12 stones (TF 3-09 memorial)
20 ~ Locstat
18 ~ after war (4)
18 ~ out there
16 ~ conversation
14 ~ Night Before the First Big Op. (2nd draft)
14 ~ recce (3)
13 ~ eve
11 ~ notes from another front/ from a long, long time ago
07 ~ radio interview on CJBK
05 ~ the road (1)
04 ~ 9 liner (1)
04 ~ Clean (from May day)
03 ~ recce (2)
03 ~ home (2)
02 ~ don't look here
01 ~ two days
01 ~ my ancestors
01 ~ they're back (2)

May 2010

31 ~ we waited (2)
30 ~ judgement
28 ~ O Johnny
27 ~ sometimes it's okay to be okay (1)
25 ~ after (1)
24 ~ oh sure (2)
22 ~ a promise fulfilled (3)
22 ~ the angel's share
22 ~ relief
21 ~ home
19 ~ plane home
18 ~ how can I hold you
17 ~ kingston/Repatriation/Trenton (1)
16 ~ who heard (repat) (1)
14 ~ two (1)
11 ~ war monument
10 ~ OMIK (1)
09 ~ from our man in KAF
08 ~ heading out (2)
07 ~ refuelers
07 ~ 2 haikus from our man in KAF (OMIK)
06 ~ desert diver (2)
05 ~ interviews
04 ~ desert diver
04 ~ He's Come Home Again (2nd draft)
03 ~ horse trading
02 ~ Bonus Day! 2 more from our man in KAF
01 ~ O May O May Day O May

April 2010

30 ~ just in... YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST and another haiku from our man in KAF
29 ~ a year ago
28 ~ recce
27 ~ another haiku from our young soldier in KAF
26 ~ cleaning
25 ~ Sometimes (2nd draft)
24 ~ another soldier haiku
23 ~ sometimes
22 ~ there is an end
21 ~ from notebook #2 (Speak Your Truth) sappers (1)
20 ~ KAF Haiku (more soldiers' words)
19 ~ think greenman (1)
19 ~ 50,000 hits done and dusted (3)
18 ~ after every darkness
18 ~ 50,000 in the next hour!!!!!
17 ~ 50,000 hits (3)
17 ~ quietly, quietly
17 ~ weird-ass fruit
16 ~ out!
15 ~ breath again
14 ~ promo/bio for my Ottawa Reading (1)
14 ~ checkpoints
13 ~ the long wait
12 ~ farmer's son
11 ~ to those who sit back (1)
10 ~ brandy with an old infantryman and the girl he met in the war
09 ~ close to 50,000 hits
09 ~ dining in KAF
08 ~
07 ~ letter from over there (towards the end)
06 ~ little letters
03 ~ Padre
02 ~ humour
01 ~ words from an '06/'08 Vet (1)

March 2010

31 ~ dream
29 ~ flight
28 ~ letters
26 ~ a little help (1)
26 ~ out working
22 ~ He's come home again (1)
21 ~ vets and their "ladies"
20 ~ I don't endorse products etc. but I'm happy to shine light
19 ~ if I could knit
18 ~ smsteele reading in Ontario mid-May (1)
17 ~ for the COR on his last day of service after 54 years

January 2010

December 2009

27 ~ on "leave" until Jan. 4th
27 ~ on the loss of Lt. Andrew Nuttall (1)
24 ~ fucking fucking IEDs
24 ~ Lt Andrew Nuttall (7)
20 ~ merry christmas baby (1)
18 ~ pattern of life
17 ~ HLTA
17 ~ HLTA (home leave)
13 ~ they say (2)
11 ~ sometimes
08 ~ smsteele published in the Journal for Military and Strategic Studies (3)
06 ~ to greenman in country
04 ~ more soldiers words

November 2009

15 ~ the new normal (KAF) (1)
15 ~ soldier's words from outside the wire (1)
14 ~ this country (1)
11 ~ Remember (1)
09 ~ Afghanistan (8)
07 ~ Interview with smsteele on Requiem (1)
06 ~ green man early days (2)
04 ~ The boys of 21 Alpha Are Home!!!
03 ~ more soldiers words (from Padre Scott)
02 ~ farewells

October 2009

31 ~ spooked
30 ~ green man calls from the desert
29 ~ when does a war end? (5)
28 ~ Strap Hangers - a new term to add to the collection
27 ~ More soldiers' words sent to me today
25 ~ Your letter this morning from Afghanistan
23 ~ charlie Mike
21 ~ from the diary
20 ~ more soldiers' words sent to me today
18 ~ ticking off the boxes (1)
15 ~ I feel so lousy tonight
14 ~ letter from KAF
13 ~ the green man (1)
12 ~ thanks 1PPCLI
10 ~ letter before I leave #2
09 ~ letter before I leave #1 (2)
07 ~ eight years in (6)
05 ~ TIC ('06) (1)
04 ~ Listen November 7th
02 ~ open your hand

September 2009

30 ~ Afghan recipe #1 Qabuli (1)
28 ~ for you at the shura (3rd draft) (3)
27 ~ 26,000 + hits
24 ~ For you at the shura (2nd draft)
23 ~ at the women's shura
22 ~ for you at the shura
20 ~ third tour (sapper)
19 ~ ethics of the war artist (5)
16 ~ road trip
13 ~ you, in your deserts (farewell/family day)
10 ~ incoming (from May Day) (1)
09 ~ paracord
08 ~ for you (a father's song)
03 ~ So Beautiful (6)
02 ~ paracord (3)

August 2009

30 ~ DAGged con't. (1)
28 ~ war poet speaking in Calgary
27 ~ beloveds how
26 ~ 24,000 + hits
25 ~ night Letters #19 R is for Rain
24 ~ Night Letters #6 F is for fear
23 ~ more on heating up (1)
20 ~ heating up (1)
15 ~ tobacco (1)
14 ~ Patricias are everywhere
13 ~ pulling the pin (from May Day)
12 ~ water (more things I've learned from the infantry) (2)
10 ~ new audio recordings
03 ~ kit bomb plus (more things I've learned from the infantry) (4)

July 2009

27 ~ war poet speaking in Calgary
24 ~ Soldier's Art (1)
20 ~ war poet hits the road
19 ~ kit bomb (1)
17 ~ more soldiers' words Sent to me today
15 ~ Excerpts from May Day published in the U.K.! (1)
13 ~ bitching soldiers (1)
12 ~ more soldiers words sent to me
09 ~ Charlie Mike (2)
06 ~ morale (2)
03 ~ Night Letters (Audio)
01 ~ Canada Day (2)

June 2009

29 ~ 21,000 hits! (1)
27 ~ desert boots (2)
25 ~ Soldier Psalm #1
25 ~ skull beneath the skin
23 ~ being DAGged (1)
21 ~ for father's day, some words from a soldier's father (1)
19 ~ More Recipes for LAV Living... IMP Ranger Cookies (2)
18 ~ more soldiers' words
17 ~ veil
16 ~ more soldiers' words Sent to me today (1)
16 ~ sent to me today
15 ~ Listen to "Death on Ex (Soldier Sonnet #2)"
12 ~ Death on Ex (Soldier Sonnet #2)
11 ~ end Ex Maple Guardian (1)
09 ~ hero shots (1)
08 ~ war poet out of Wainwrightistan (3)

May 2009

31 ~ limerick sent to me from a soldier
30 ~ lilacs for infantrymen
29 ~ two notes and a correction
28 ~ off on Ex until mid-June
26 ~ More Recipes for LAV Living... IMP Blueberry Ice Cream
25 ~ sometimes we question (1)
23 ~ Recipes from LAV Life (3)
21 ~ kit (from May Day)
19 ~ from Night Letters #18 Q (1)
18 ~ 18 and a half thousand hits (3)
17 ~
16 ~ this time next year (1)
14 ~ 10 questions for recce (1)
12 ~ Suffield (from May Day)
10 ~ snipers
07 ~ rolling replen (2)
06 ~ Ex over (3)
05 ~ Suffield Update - Raw from the Field (2)
04 ~ Quick note from Suffield
03 ~ 2nd Letter from Suffield

April 2009

30 ~ from the Suffield on Ex with the Battle Group (2)
26 ~ Edmonton Poetry Fest.
24 ~ hot off the press!
21 ~ thanks (hard-asses need not read on!) (5)
19 ~ Off on Ex until mid-May (1)
17 ~ swallow o swallow
14 ~ the difficult part of the job
10 ~ Stab Runs
08 ~ from notebook #3 Shilo, Day 3 with C Coy.
07 ~ morning coffee on Ex (2)
05 ~ lv (from May Day)
05 ~ AWOL (1)
02 ~ from notebook #3 Shilo, Day 3 with C Coy.

March 2009

30 ~ heal time (from May Day)
26 ~ soon... (2)
24 ~ from notebook #4 KAF (Wainwright) Day 1
21 ~ the ethics of writing (2)
21 ~ fighting season (from May Day)
18 ~ the art of witness
17 ~ a little light reading (2)

February 2009

12 ~ coffee
11 ~ Infantry Lessons (4)
10 ~ Question from a reader (4)
08 ~ At the Brigade Dinner
06 ~ Brigade Dinner
03 ~ New Audio Recordings of warpoet begin today
02 ~ goats (from May Day)
01 ~ For the month of February, listen to the new audio recordings
01 ~ knitting for war

January 2009

30 ~ road trip (from May Day)
28 ~ a few days to go (2)
26 ~ to the falls (training for Afghanistan) (1)
24 ~ Vet
22 ~ to sitting lady falls (training for war)
21 ~ Scott Waters' War Art at the McMichael Gallery
20 ~ la garde de nuit dans la tourelle de mitrailleuse ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ night watch in the gun turret ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ with Sgt. B (en français and in english)
19 ~ drugs (from May Day)
17 ~ everyone has an opinion (5)
15 ~ To the Boys of LAV Bravo Coy. 1 Alpha (2)
14 ~ to the falls (1)
13 ~ scar (from May Day)
11 ~ Dress (from May Day)
09 ~ Men's Dinner in the Hangar (Christmas 2008)
07 ~ owls (from May Day)
06 ~ complainers (from may day) (2)
05 ~ Writing May Day (3)
03 ~ New Year's (from May Day) (5)
02 ~ gardens (from May Day)

December 2008

31 ~ 2008
30 ~ Notional (from May Day)
28 ~ the christmas rounds (2) (1)
26 ~ I walk the field
24 ~ merry christmas
24 ~ first day of winter (2)
21 ~ the christmas rounds (5)
19 ~ Christmas wishes for the Battalion (1)
17 ~ first december without
14 ~ men's dinner (from May Day) (1)
12 ~ NV on Spring Ex (3)
11 ~ hockey
09 ~ aux jeunes soldats s’entrainant pour l’Afghanistan
08 ~ 2nd year (grief redux) (2)
06 ~ Dec. 6, 2008 10:04
06 ~ on grief (1)
05 ~ 12/05/08 (2)
02 ~ Lucky Charm (from May Day, Letters to Afghanistan) (2)

November 2008

30 ~ winnipeg CBC interview (2)
28 ~ coffee redux (1)
25 ~ wild dogs (from May Day letters to Afghanistan)
23 ~ orders (3)
20 ~ to the boys of LAV 21 Alpha (6)
19 ~ soundtracks for May Day
18 ~ november mourning
18 ~
17 ~ kit (2)
13 ~ soldier's words (1)
11 ~ Nov. 11 (3)
09 ~ letters (from May Day) (1)
08 ~ bedtime stories
05 ~ coffee (3)
04 ~ To Young Infantrymen Training for Afghanistan (2)
01 ~ home (1)

October 2008

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