{"product_id":"9780996931700","title":"Welcome to FOB Haiku: War Poems from Inside the Wire","description":"\u003cb\u003eMilitary Writers Society of America 2016 Gold Medal in Poetry winner!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHERPATUDE NO. 26: \"HUMOR IS A COMBAT MULTIPLIER ...\" Has your war become workaday? Does life on the Forward Operating Base (FOB) now seem commonplace? Armed with deadpan snark and poker-faced patriotism-and rooted in the coffee-black soil and plain-spoken voice of the American Midwest-journalist-turned-poet Randy Brown reveals behind-the-scenes stories of U.S. soldier-citizenship. From Boot Camp to Bagram, Afghanistan. And back home again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's a taste:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Cups of Chai-ku\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\u003cbr\u003eI had hoped, I guess,\u003cbr\u003efor something more like Starbucks,\u003cbr\u003enot yellow water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\u003cbr\u003eWe build our nations one tea party at a time.\u003cbr\u003eThey serve, we protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\u003cbr\u003eNo one here can lead this endless talk of action.\u003cbr\u003e\"Que shura, shura.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Middle West Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034970308848,"sku":"9780996931700","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996931700_p0.jpg?v=1763901459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996931700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}