Jorie Graham's Overlord: Poems is a poignant exploration of presence, otherness, and freedom within the human experience. Set against the backdrop of Omaha Beach in Normandy, Graham intertwines reflections of the area's World War II history with present-day observations. Weaving through the landscape that once witnessed Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion, her poetry grapples with the profound questions of how we are governed by external forces and internal capacities. This collection reveals a personal and urgent conversation with the past, our future, and the very concept of freedom, scrutinizing the notion of being 'free' as an individual and a society.