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Nukes Poems - Poems about Nukes


Gunter Grass 'What Must Be Said' translation
“Was gesagt werden muss” (“What must be said”) by Gunter Grass translation by Michael R. Burch Why have I remained silent, so long, failing to mention something openly practiced in war games which now threaten to leave us merely meaningless footnotes? Someone’s alleged “right” to strike first might annihilate a beleaguered nation whose people march to a martinet’s tune, compelled to pageants of orchestrated obedience. Why?...

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Categories: nukes, international, islamic, jewish, silence,
Form: Free verse
No To War, No To Nukes
No discrimination, no greed, no war! In unity and peace, let us stand tall, Nations, come together, heal the scar, With love and compassion, we'll break the fall. Scars of the past, not for vengeance to cling, But as precious lessons, let's hold them tight, War, a resolve that wrath will bring, Evil's deceit, war's traitorous might. Hitler hiding, like a rat in...

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Categories: nukes, betrayal, christian, hate, humanity,
Form: Rhyme



Hiroshima Poems I
Hiroshima Poems I Let Us Be Midwives! by Hiroshima survivor Sadako Kurihara loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Midnight... the basement of a shattered building... atomic bomb survivors sniveling in the darkness... not a single candle between them... the odor of blood... the stench of death... the sickly-sweet smell of decaying humanity... the groans... the moans... Out of all that, suddenly, miraculously, a voice: "The baby's coming!" In the hellish...

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Categories: nukes, child, children, eulogy, father,
Form: Verse
Lay Down Your Arms
Lay Down Your Arms by Michael R. Burch Lay down your arms; come, sleep in the sand. The battle is over and night is at hand. Our voyage has ended; there's nowhere to go . . . the earth is a cinder still faintly aglow. Lay down your pamphlets; let's bicker no more. Instead, let us rest here on this ravaged shore. The...

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Categories: nukes, beach, conflict, environment, holocaust,
Form: Verse
65 Years From Now
65 years from now My silence will be loud You dare not care when I had sung for you only listen under defcon one 65 years from now You will ask how You always went with the truth and went with the red, white, and blue 65 years from now No more flowers on the ground You looked at the past as something sick Now the...

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Categories: nukes, allegory, america, atheist, bible,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member No More Nukes
Don't watch the 6 o'clock news each day Depressing as hell, people flailing away It's the same old crap In control, scary chaps Make sure they keep the H-bombs at bay...

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Categories: nukes, peace,
Form: Limerick
No Nukes
No Nuke's ! You have polluted are o zone with your hair spray & gas No one in this life gets by on any free pass Become a gentleman by not sticking it to the man When will we understand the great man with the plan We stand sideways with one hand holding onto the...

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Categories: nukes, anxiety, baby, beach, beautiful,
Form: Free 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 sniffin' glue man...you know you didn't need to do it. I can hear ya' today giving the A-ok to the Enola Gay, "Kill 'em all...men screw it!" And not only did...

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Categories: nukes, death, dedication, peace, political,
Form: Couplet
Nukes
NUKES First Stanza Clear was the day Bright was the sun The clouds were happy And the skies Azure Beleaguered the city was an aura of serenity Sparrows leaped towards the horizon Into the deep heavens The city was blissful Its oppidan denizens did their daily duties There was no presage of distress Except the trouble they had brought from their houses But like the devil came this steel...

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Categories: nukes, warcity,
Form: Epic

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