Saturday, June 3, 2006

Enola Gay Comments

Rating: 5.0

Who was the man who on that fateful day
dropped from the safety of cumulus clouds
a metal case filled to the very rim with death?
Who was the fellow piloting the Enola Gay?
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Herbert Nehrlich
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Gina Onyemaechi 03 June 2006

A well-characterised mini screen-play in verse, if you will, Herbert. For me, the mutating rhyme scheme adds to the sense of disgust and dismay in the poem: wanton rhyme, wanton, wicked actions. An empathetic portrayal of a despicable act of history. G.

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