Never Again, Please..Never Again Poem by krishnakumar chandrasekar nair
Never Again, Please..Never Again
Hiroshima happened, Nagasaki happened
No lessons were learnt, no one remembers
How very beautiful crystal clear mornings
Of singing birds, rosy cheeked schoolkids
Grand pa’s on gentle rocking chairs
Grand ma’s sewing woolly sweaters
Were all suddenly so transformed
By the Devils gift of Plutonium
Today we all have our nuclear eggs
Each kept warm by headless chickens
Each worth a hundred Hiroshimas
Fission eggs to fusion eggs
And the doctrine of “omelette” deterrence
But it can happen one fine day
A crazy dictator or a computer mistake
One egg gets airborne in an devious arc
And then you can hear the devils grating laugh
One city will meet the heat of a thousand suns
And the retaliation will be swift and fast
And as once God said, “Let there be light”
He will now say, “Let the fire works begin”!
Galaxies across aliens will watch
The birth of a brand new burning star
Little knowing the intelligence and science that brought
Destruction of a planet and God’s gamble lost
I too am annoyed by war, by science used to harm humanity. Einstein warned us of this, you know. He must hate looking down at all the horrible fear his discoveries in science have caused.
very touching.. so much suffering can be caused by a single act of megalomaniac.. pain is heart rending
A powerful write on the horrors of a nuclear catastrophe - - 'Today we all have our nuclear eggs Each kept warm by headless chickens Each worth a hundred Hirosimas Fission eggs to fusion eggs And the doctrine of omelette 'deterrence.
A poem for everyone to take seriously... kudos to the author!
This is a very moving poem and very poignant too given the state of world affairs today.
This is just amazing...and you do make me fear that we assume far too much when we convince ourselves that those in charge of such destructive forces are either infallible or know exactly what they're doing. A brilliant poem.
You have described the horror of a nuclear catastrophe in powerful words. Great write.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/4/2025 10:39:32 PM # 1.0.0
Bight as a star.....thoughtful as gold.....................thanks for sharing.