Famous Oppenheimer Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Oppenheimer poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous oppenheimer poems. These examples illustrate what a famous oppenheimer poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Dream Song 23: The Lay of Ike

...ving done no wrong-”
no right-”no · right-”having let the Army-”bang-”
defend itself from Joe, let venom' Strauss
bile Oppenheimer out of use-”use Robb,
who'll later fend for Goldfine-”Breaking no laws,
he lay in the White House-”sob!!-”

who never understood his own strategy-”whee-”
so Monty's memoirs-”nor any strategy,
wanting the ball bulled thro' all parts of the line
at once-”proving, by his refusal to take Berlin,
he misread even Clauswitz-”wide empty grin
that never l...Read more of this...
by Berryman, John


Gregory Corso

...ot thy opened door
 nor thy cold ghost's grey memory
 nor the pimps of indefinite weather
 their cruel terrestial thaw
 Oppenheimer is seated
 in the dark pocket of Light
 Fermi is dry in Death's Mozambique
 Einstein his mythmouth
 a barnacled wreath on the moon-squid's head
 Let me in Bomb rise from that pregnant-rat corner
 nor fear the raised-broom nations of the world
 O Bomb I love you
 I want to kiss your clank eat your boom
 You are a paean an acme of scream
 a lyric h...Read more of this...
by Corso, Gregory

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