Stars Beyond the Battlesmoke

David D. Horowitz's latest poetry collection, Stars Beyond the Battlesmoke, exhibits all of the poet's strengths: expertly crafted rhymed metrics; thematic depth and breadth, including a long section about history and its relation to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution; dramatic monologues that illustrate rather than preach; beautifully realized scenes of urban landscapes at dawn and dusk; witty epigrams; and praise for the overlooked hero, the underappreciated mundane detail, the poignancy of ignored suffering.