Tag Archives: nuclear warfare

On Pompeii, Hiroshima, and an Uncertain Future

By Robin Bates | Published: August 5, 2026

A 1962 Richard Tillinghast poem remembering Hiroshima and fearing for the world’s future.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged “Poem on the Nuclear War from Pompeii", Atom bomb, DJT, Richard Tillinghast | Leave a comment

On Trump’s Cheap Nuclear Bomb Talk

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2016

With Donald Trump talking so casually about the use of nuclear bombs, it is important to remind ourselves how horrific they are. This power Carolyn Forché poem opens our eyes.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Garden of Shukkei-En", Atom bomb, bombing, Carolyn Forché, Donald Trump, Hiroshima, Nakasaki, warfare | Comments closed

Resisting the Witchery of Nuclear Warfare

By Robin Bates | Published: May 26, 2016

Today Barack Obama will be the first American president to visit Hiroshima. Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko has an explanation for the development of the bomb: witches.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Barack Obama, Ceremony, Hiroshima, Leslie Marmon Silko, nuclear bomb, witchery | Comments closed

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