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A former Somerville resident, Tom Sheehan, 91, has published 37 books, the last one being Alone, with the Good Graces, Pocol Press. Soon comes Jock Poems for Proper Bostonians, and Small Victories for the Soul VII (from Wilderness House Literary Review, first copy sent to me in today’s mail.) He has multiple works in Rosebud, Literally Stories, Linnet’s Wings, Serving House Journal, Copperfield Review, Literary Orphans, Frontier Tales, Rope & Wire, TQR Total Quality Reading, etc. He’s received 16 Pushcart nominations, 6 Best of Net nominations with one winner, and other awards., He served as a sergeant in the 31st Infantry in Korea 1951-52, and graduated from Boston College in 1956.

A Last Moment Caught

Tom Sheehan

It comes again,

without prejudice,

in another millennium:

I know the weight of an M-1 rifle

on a web strap hanging on my shoulder,

the awed knowledge of a ponderous steel helmet

atop my head, press of a tight lace on one

boot, wrap of a leather watch band

on my wrist,

and who stood beside me

who stand no more.

— Tom Sheehan

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