Kamikaze

A pilot turns back from his suicide mission. His family shuns him for life.

3 key quotes from Kamikaze, by Garland. Learn this one first: “a shaven head full of powerful incantations” (Garland, Kamikaze).

This poem in five words

Pilotturnsbacklosesfamily

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The quotes

3 big quotes in this poem.

a shaven head full of powerful incantations

Garland · Kamikaze · conflict · power of humans

The pilot's head is full of the words that sent him to die.

he must have wondered which had been the better way to die

Garland · Kamikaze · conflict · identity · loss

He turned back and lived. His family never spoke to him again. The last line asks which death was worse.

a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous

Garland · Kamikaze · power of nature · memory

Looking down at the sea, he remembers his father's fishing boat. The sea wins.