Kevin Powers
Kevin Powers
Kevin Powersis an American fiction writer, poet, and Iraq War veteran...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1980
CountryUnited States of America
few game games last moving practice saw year
Last year was last year. We're moving forward. We just haven't had a lot of practice time. For our first game I saw a lot of positives. Once we get a few games in we'll be fine. One through 19 we're solid.
ball generate midfield pressure win
We have to have better pressure on the ball and win 50-50 balls. There was no transition, everything was getting jammed in the middle. If we can generate some midfield pressure and get some transition, our forwards know what to do.
ashley boost healthy huge
Having a healthy Ashley Larkin is going to be a huge boost for us.
writing thinking trying
I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.
writing secret aspiration
Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.
simple thinking people
I think a lot of the guys I know and a lot of people I've talked to, what they want is very often what most people want, a kind of simple life, a livelihood, a family, people who care about them, people they can care about. I think vets on the whole want the same things that everybody else does.
watches looks news
I understand that it's incredibly difficult to watch what's happening on the news every day and not become inured to it. I've fallen victim to that myself, wanting to look away.
spiritual military taken
Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.
accountability
Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.
iraq expectations giving
One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.
liars world
The world makes liars of us all.
prayer spring war
The war tried to kill us in the spring. As grass greened the plains of Nineveh and the weather warmed, we patrolled the low-slung hills beyond the cities and towns. We moved over them and through the tall grass on faith, kneading paths into the windswept growth like pioneers. While we slept, the war rubbed its thousand ribs against the ground in prayer.
facts details world
The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them.
giving-up fighting looks
I wanted something that I could look back on and say, yes, you were fighting too, you burned to be alive, and whatever failure or accident of nature caused you to be killed could be explained by something other than the fact that I'd missed your giving up.