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16 June 2026
for 'DOVETAILING TWO FORMS Poetry Contest'
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud

my son was born on 6 August, Hiroshima Day - You can't get over that!

little boy

 

Fungi in Sky Epiphany

Up in the night's sky the nuclei fly to defy what logic and common sense can't deny is madness personified in war and gore; yet can't quite consign to nevermore— mushroom cloud looms doom human genius in full bloom— nothing left to tend
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Dietrich Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Fantastic thinking here! Congrats
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