War Experience & the Aesthetic Birth of Poetic Creation in Brian Turner's “Here, Bullet”

Abstract

This is a study of Brian Turner’s master poem “Here, Bullet” which gives his first volume (2005) its title. It studies this poem in light of Theodor W. Adorno’s “Aesthetic Theory”, 1997. It shows the authentic, realistic and truthful aspect of Arts in general and poetry in particular in expressing the atrocities of the war on terror comparing with other means of expressions (mass Media, interviews ...etc). It investigates a first- hand experience of a poet veteran who suffers the horror of war. It studies the poet's reaction towards the idea of death and how he aesthetically depicts the inability of the bullet to penetrate his soul. And by doing so such portrait appeals to the reader. The language of the poem shows the courageous soul of the speaker who invites the bullet to target his body. Doing so adds to the beauty of the poem and thus appeals to the reader.