A Short History Lesson: 1945
POETRY FORMAT, 24 Aug 2015
David Krieger – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 6th:
Dropped atomic bomb
On civilians
At Hiroshima.
August 8th:
Agreed to hold
War crimes trials
For Nazis.
August 9th:
Dropped atomic bomb
On civilians
At Nagasaki.
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David Krieger is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment. He has a new collection of poems entitled Wake Up. For more visit the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation website: www.wagingpeace.org.
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