Nagasaki ...... [war; Very Short; Nuclear Energy; Ph-Inspired] Poem by Bri Edwards
Nagasaki ...... [war; Very Short; Nuclear Energy; Ph-Inspired]
Whether to punish or just end the war...
in the Pacific, the U.S.A. did destroy....
much of what the city had been before.
It was one monumental military ploy.
What the Japanese, at Hawaii, started,
the U.S. ended when the atoms farted.
(December 25,2014)
one of my wives has/had a mother who fled the city of Nagasaki Japan in 1945, not long before the 'atomic' bomb (second and last one used during World War Two) was dropped from a U.S. bomber plane.
the following description of damage done to humans and city facilities in the ship building city, is copied from an online source.
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'One survivor, Sadako Moriyama, had gone to a bomb shelter when the sirens sounded. After the bomb had gone off, she saw what she thought were two large lizards crawling into the shelter she was in, only to realise that they were human beings whose bodies had been shredded of their skin because of the bomb blast.
Death and injury in Nagasaki and the surrounding areas, depended on where people lived. Those who lived on the Koba hillside, just three and a half miles from ground zero, were protected from the blast by a mountain. People caught up in the blast came to Koba for help and Fujie Urata, who lived in Koba and had seen a large flash, could not believe what she was seeing. She described people with great sheets of skin hanging off of their bodies; grotesque swollen faces; torsos covered with large blisters.
As in Hiroshima, many in Nagasaki died after the immediate impact of the bomb had gone away from mysterious ailments which we now associate with radiation poisoning. No-one, understandably, knew what to do to help the victims of this newest of illnesses.
In 1953, a report by the US Strategic Bombing Survey put the number of deaths at 35,000, wounded at 60,000 and 5,000 missing. In 1960, the Japanese put the number of dead at Nagasaki at 20,000 and the number of wounded at 50,000. Later, the Nagasaki Prefectural Office put the figure for deaths alone at 87,000 with 70% of the city's industrial zone destroyed.'
You will educate a lot of people with this poem and description. Statistically, the bombings were justified, in my opinion. Morally, of course not. Thanks Bri
The atomic bombing of Japan probably saved, at the very least, hundreds of thousands of lives, Japanese and American. The number of Chinese, Burmese, etc., lives that would have been lost if the war continued is incalculable. Without those atomic bombs Japan would have been very unlikely to have surrendered and the Americans would have launched an invasion of the home islands. The Americans estimated it would have cost one million of its military personnel's lives to do that.
Thankyou. I am shocked reading the description of damage done you thoughtfully shared in the notes. I can't get my head around the things that humans do.
It is very apt to remember what we learnt from our past experiences.This piece of art stands as a mile stone to honour life and appeal for the establishment of peace which is the sole solution for humanity to attain success! Well thought, well expressed!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 11:27:23 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Well, this is an interesting and perhaps, the most outstanding poem among those written in this month. Although short in structure, it captures a very appealing theme. In fact, when I first read about bombing of those great cities, I really felt sad and immediate pity for those who lived in that era. May all those who lost their lives during that catastrophe rest in perfect peace! While I express my gratitude for the inclusion of my name in the acknowledgement, I think this is the most interesting history lecture I have attended..ha! The poet's note, I think, is enough to qualify the poet for an Honorary Doctorate. Salute Dr. Bri Edward (PhD) Well written!