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POEMS OF WORLD WAR TWO





NIIGATA



He was alive

because on that day

in Niigata

the skies were gray

**



(Because of the overcast,

Hiroshima replaced Niigata

as the target for the 1st

atom bomb dropped on a civilian

population)



RUSSIAN SHRINE



One walks into the

shrine of the Russian

World War II

war memorial..



erected for the

27 million war dead



It is humbling



One kneels

to the sea of sacrifice

of the Russian people



One kneels

to the hearts

of the Russian people

beating as one







TERRIBLE DEATH



Hitler's officers*

on meat hooks were hanging

Hitler's generals

by piano wire were strangling

We pray for those

whose spirits

left behind

bodies dangling



(There were at least 15

plots to assassinate Hitler)



FDR'S WAR MEMORIAL



The Arizona, metal grave

of the 3000 men drowned

in the bombing

in Pearl Harbor...

deliberately sacrificed

by their Commander in Chief



VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL



Carved in the marble charcoal grey

of the Vietnam War Memorial..

we saw that day

the names of 58,000 Americans

known to have died..



Their names are supported

by the uncarved marble

of the 4 million Vietnamese

who died.





CARPE DIEM



Carpe Diem

they said

as they carpe'd Diem



(Diem of Vietnam, murdered

in a coup).





WHO KILLED WOODROW



Who killed Woodrow Wilson?



His own heart after seeing

120,000 crosses on

unnecessary graves of

American wardead in France.



THEIR LIGHT IGNITES



It is their light

which our hearts ignites

.. and not the might

which bombs ignites.



The victories won by

military might

sometimes do not

last the night.



As violence begets

violence,

violets beget violets

and

nonviolence begets

nonviolence





to Jesus Buddha Ananda Mayee Ma Martin Luther King Susan B Anthony Sadako Kim Phuc



INABILITY TO DELEGATE



You have an inability

to delegate

said the general

to the major

.. the general

who abstracted

the lower ranks

of his men

into extinction