WWII Poetry - An Extract



Taken from 'WWII Poetry - Were You There?' edited by Alfred Spandau (above).

The Bomb

Damn you bomb!
Why did you fall?
Did you need to fall on my school?
That wasn't cool.

You thumped the ground
And exploded hard.
You blew off Jeff's head, the class retard.
His body fell on a glass shard.

Did you have to leave that plane?
You've caused a lot of pain.
Jonny won't be playing football again.
He's got maggots in his wounds, like rice grain.

I don't like you anymore.
My sister's in pieces on the gym floor.
She's as flat as a door.
Is this why you came?
To punish the poor?

You should be bloody ashamed of yourself.
2:03 AM