Dooglebugs Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery

Dooglebugs

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Pilotless
Engine sounding like a tractor
Flying above white cliffs of Dover
Heading for London where fuel runs out
Falls silently to ground
Exploding house into rubble
Burying living and dead.

People cower in Anderson shelters
Hear distant buzz
Knowing doodlebug comes
Roaring engine stops
Terrified mothers hug children
Praying bomb falls somewhere else.

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: world war ii
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Hitler's terror weapon, V1 flying bomb with range of 150 miles, speed 350 mph. Used in 1945 against Britain with devastating effect.
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