Rowe Weiss Poet Free verse

Shatterer of Worlds

Shatterer of Worlds



Good morning saboteur of words
What is it today, what is it today now?
Fatman or little boy?
Bubble girl and Busy lobster
Seems so distant now
lead us all astray somehow
It sounds shielded and protected
Cluster pearl, hawk and chase
Doesn’t sound nearly as destructive

Author of code names
What’s it  gonna be 
what’s it gonna be now?
Am I divine strake 
Would my life will be at stake 
Experiment canceled
Who could forget about the trinity test?
The life you’ve messed
Of course they’re not planned

Caused disarray come what may
Are they randomly chosen?
Who’s heart will be broken?
How I've held onto somehow
Doesn’t it surprise you now?


Goodnight shatterer of worlds
This might sound absurd
Who’s it gonna be, who’s it gonna be now?
It won’t be me again
I made that clear in the end.
Picking up the pieces that you’ve left
Put my bullet vest
To the test 
If I see you
Iron-clad this time,
I'm brand new.

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Sam Scott January 30, 2024 at 7:31 AM It has always been a mystery how these names get chosen, but I agree the passive aggressive, sinister 'sounds harmless' element makes them seem evermore evil-mastermind-ish. Intriguing, enjoyable poetic subject matter :) Rowe Weiss January 31, 2024 at 11:51 AM Thank you Sam. I saw you read the Storm Poem I just posted. I was debating on whether the voice will be first or third person. It was quite stormy to say the least. Rowe Weiss January 30, 2024 at 1:59 PM Sam, I just posted a Storm Poem. It is haphazard and tempestuous, just like the poet. Rowe Weiss January 30, 2024 at 11:11 AM Thank you Sam. It is so crazy how the naming of storms are done according to strict procedures mandated by the World Meteorological Organization. Some feminists would argue about naming the storms after females. I haven't heard about a storm named after me. I will write about it then. Keep an eye out for it! Sam Scott January 30, 2024 at 7:55 AM I love unusual topics! This has really got me thinking.. it is a similar thing with the choice of storm names. It is not funny of course, but when "Cecilia tore the roof of my garage" hits the news the more apparently harmless the name the more devastating the destruction - I sense a pattern! ;) I enjoyed your poem. Rowe Weiss January 30, 2024 at 7:50 AM I realized I didn't upload the entire poem. I think they pick a seemingly harmless sounding name that seems part of a regular conversation like I will drop of the "little boy" in school or pick up the "fat man" from the train station or whatever the case maybe. I was just drawn to it since we learned from school bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, caused so much destruction and the names chosen for those bombs were sound so harmless. Not a usual topic for a poet I guess.