W. D. Ehrhart is a veteran of the Vietnam War (U.S. Marines, 1967-68 tour) who has, since his Honorable Discharge, become a spokesperson for many of his fellow veterans and for his generation through poetry and prose. Earhart's presentation will include examples of his poetry over the past seventeen years and a discussion of the role of the poet in contemporary society.

Hunting

Sighting down the long black barrel,
I wait till front and rear sights
form a perfect line on his body,
then slowly squeeze the trigger.

The thought occurs 
that I have never hunted anything in my whole life
except other men.

But I have learned by now
where such thoughts lead,
and soon pass on
to chow, and sleep,
and how much longer till I change my socks.

In conjunction with: People's Alliance on Central America; Humanities Council / LAS; Department of Economics; Department of English; Department of Journalism; Department of Political Science; Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS); Program in East Asian and Pacific Studies; Unit for Criticism and Interpretative Theory; Unit One; George A. Miller Committee