Best Enola Poems
Below are the all-time best Enola poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of enola poems written by PoetrySoup members
Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under...
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Categories:
enola, education, history, usa, war,
Form:
Verse
The Enola Gay Section TwoJapan's consequences were a little more apparent, and devastating. Japan's once great city of Hiroshima, lay in ruin, a barren wasteland, with its entire population,...
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Categories:
enola, abuse, conflict, death, world
Form:
Narrative
The Enola Gay Section OneIn the year 1945, a few powerful American leaders decided it was alright for them to play God. Taking the initiative to create a weapon...
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Categories:
enola, abuse, conflict, death, world
Form:
Narrative
Enola GayIt makes you wonder what would have been that day
If the Enola Gay didn't fly to Hiroshima to blast it away
Would the Japanese have surrendered
Before...
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Categories:
enola, war, world war ii,
Form:
Ballad
Flight of Enola GayFLIGHT OF ENOLA GAY
Will you tell us tomorrow where we're going, Enola Gay?
There's so much more we wanted to say.
But there's no time for sorrow,
we'll...
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Categories:
enola, confusion, depression, history, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Onslaught#One should be cautious in starting a war, but
once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly#
#Quote by Hirohito circa...
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Categories:
enola, allusion, america, world war
Form:
Rhyme
Abc. Music Is My First LoveAC/DC, the rockers from down under
Boston, with Tom Scholz on guitar, sweet thunder
Creedence Clearwater, singing Proud Mary
Deep Purple, from the 70's, rocking and hairy
Eagles, easy...
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Categories:
enola, inspirational, music
Form:
ABC
The Dilettante Diaries: Avian Notes On the Sensate Slip Stream : the Silent War In 3 Acts: Pt1
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
The Dilettante Diaries: Avian Notes on the Sensate Slip...
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Categories:
enola, bible, bird, evil, god,
Form:
Free verse
The Dilettante Diaries: Avian Notes On the Sensate Slip Stream : the Silent War In 3 Acts: Pt2
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
The Dilettante Diaries: Avian Notes on the Sensate Slip...
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Categories:
enola, bible, bird, evil, god,
Form:
Free verse
Pi - Inspired By the MovieTHREE year olds know about circles. They play
ring around the rosy and here we go round
the mulberry bush. And if one should say
that in...
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Categories:
enola, death, faith, history, life,
Form:
Chant Royal
Red, White and BlueRed, White and Blue
I fought in the Revolutionary war
To win freedom from tyranny
I fought for the right to choose my religion
For the right...
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Categories:
enola, america, body, conflict, death,
Form:
Rhyme
How Hot Was ItHow hot was it! We’ll not forget that day,
when high in the clouds, flew the plane
“Enola Gay”
Children made to shadows, melted into...
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Categories:
enola, death, war,
Form:
Verse
Put Down Nukes, Put Up Yir' Dukes- - - - - - - --------HUMAN BEINGS MAN...don't tell me it was necessary!
Couple hundred thousand people obliterated in a few seconds is beyond the realms of scary.
Truman you musta' been...
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Categories:
enola, death, dedication, peace, political,
Form:
Couplet
Hiroshima, Theodore Van Kirk, Rip
On that day, in Aug 45
Bomber over the city that's very much alive
Nervous crew, cloudy day
Pilots instructions, open bomb bay
The words above as the pilot...
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Categories:
enola, america, angst, death, judgement,
Form:
Rhyme
Hiroshima's Little BoyHiroshima’s Little Boy.
Boy shaped memory burnt into stone.
An anonymous shadow of war.
Running forever to a destination unknown.
Hung, suspended, an inch from the floor.
Were you...
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Categories:
enola, america, eulogy, horror, military,
Form:
Political Verse