Rainbow Death

America did not foresee
Green, pink, purple and other colors death potpourri!
Expecting others to pay a high price.
Now thinking twice?
Toll on the innocent and unborn.

Omnipotent and disregarding who will mourn.
Reflective about all the illness, birth defects and prematurely dead.
All the deceit continues to spread.
Nefariously America led astray -
Generations untold WILL pay -
Execrable effects of agent orange spray!

This poem is written from Hubert Wilson's,the poet, point of view. He was a soldier and detested war, and thus wrote this poem to raise the issue of the consequences of war.

This poem took place during the Vietnamese war.Agent orange , a herbicide and defoliant- contaminated with TCDD or Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin, was used against Vietnam and it contaminated the environment, which affected Hubert. Approximately 4.8million Vietnamese were also affected by Agent Orange and which resulted in about 400,000 deaths among the Vietnamese people and many more babies deformed at birth.

The word potpourri refers to a plant that is used inside the home to give the air a pleasant smell, in this case, the pleasant smell is agent orange and it suggests that it is deadly from the word " death ". " omnipotent " also suggests that agent orange is very strong and powerful by having unlimited power. " Nagariously " suggests that America was evil and wicked for using that deadly weapon, showing how much Hubert detest it. The 2nd stanza 2nd last line, the "WILL" is all in capital letters. This is to emphasis on the consequences of this war, and the pitiful generations ahead that has to suffer for no reason.

I feel that Hubert Wilson is a true peace lover. He suffered from the agent orange himself and his health got worse each day. However, despite all the pain, he still wrote this poem, hoping that no war will happen again.