[stylist] Poem - "Hiroshima" - (sonnet)

[William L Houts]

HI Barbara,

Thanks for the kind words!



--Bill







On 6/9/2014 4:10 PM, Barbara HAMMEL wrote:
> Bill! I love this poem! I can definitely wrap my mind around it.
> Barbara
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 9, 2014, at 10:18 AM, "William L Houts via stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> HI Gang,
>>
>> Here's a sonnet; one of the few I've written worthy of the name, and it shouldn't be a headache to read, as far as I can tell. Comments welcome, as always.
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>> ---
>>
>> No enemies were bombed, no tanks or planes:
>>
>> just people walking dogs or bringing home
>>
>> their fish and rice from market stalls while chains
>>
>> of splitting atoms high above become
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>> a lightning hellish holocaust which rains
>>
>> a nightmare poison down, a billion wraths.
>>
>> Today, the children fold their paper cranes
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>> and pray to save the world from psychopaths.
>>
>> But that's a country with an ancient mind,
>>
>> where history is taught and facts retained.
>>
>> America, I fear, is not that kind
>>
>> Our virgin state, when lost, is e'er regained.
>>
>> To learn and leave the past?We're not inclined:
>>
>> our nation's got a faint, forgetful mind.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> copyright William L. Houts 2014
>> United States of America
>> All Rights Reserved
>>
>>
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