Friday 18 March 2011

U 238.

Uranium, buried deep,
as old as Earth itself.
Lurking,
awaiting E=MC2

Tested on Humans.
Its power unleashed.
Unprecedented,
protracted destruction.

Japan, of all nations
should have resisted
its sinister benefits
and reminded us…









‘Nuclear revenge
Awaits those
Who dare
To seek its exhumation’.

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More current affairs poets at Poetry 24.
Pic Chernobyl revisited.


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6 comments:

  1. Everyday Goddess18 March 2011 at 5:02 am

    powerfully thought provoking, excellent.

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  2. Julie18 March 2011 at 6:23 am

    Quite literallly, Japan was between a rock and a hard place.

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  3. Pearl18 March 2011 at 7:22 am

    Very powerful. Loved this.

    Pearl

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  4. Anonymous18 March 2011 at 9:24 am

    Excellent stuff Stafford - love the last stanza the best.

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  5. Sue J18 March 2011 at 4:37 pm

    I, also, would've thought Japan would be the last place to use nuclear power. Let's hope it all turns out for the best.

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  6. Kathe W.19 March 2011 at 2:18 am

    a powerfully strong poem- well done

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