Presents poems composed by the Air Force Major General and former prisoner of war who was held in the Hanoi military prison by the Viet Cong for eight years and conveyed his poems to his fellow prisoners through taps on the walls -- Source other than Library of Congress.

"A limited edition of this book was originally published as Poems for pilots (and other people)"--Title page verso.

Strapping on a Tailpipe -- The Derelict -- First-Light Flight -- The Boneyard -- Ode to a T-Bird -- Sonnet for Winged Man -- Friendship -- Who Is It? -- This One Is for the Birds (Cross-Country) -- Weather Day -- Carpet of Clouds -- Life Flight -- Leg #1 -- Leg #2 -- Leg #3 -- Leg #4 -- Leg #5 -- Leg #6 -- The Loneliest Place in Town -- The Ballad of the Cross-Country Flyer -- POW and Other "Dark and Bitter Stuff" -- The Tourney -- Beneath Thin Blanket -- The Carnival -- Hanoi Epitaph -- The Road -- Sonnet for 4 45 43 -- Affliction and Predilection -- On Love -- The Journey -- The Holidays and Hollow Days -- The Other Christmas -- Mommy, Where Is My Daddy? -- Excerpt from a Christmas Letter -- A Part of Christmas -- Reflection -- This I Believe -- Tomorrow -- The Virtue of a Snowball -- SEA Story (Southeast Asia Story) -- Southeast Asia Story.