Iwao Mizuta Poems

So gently falls the mist of peace today:
Gaunt skeleton of steel industrial frame
Is all that's left of the city blown that day.
The grave of nameless ones who bore no blame
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We live in exclamation and die in cipher;
Life's manuscript we write with plan and care.
Down through the years our acts we hope to share
With those unborn, from prints our deeds decipher.
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Words are my notes
Of bronze, silver, and gold:
Hung on a scale,
Melodious and bold.
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