No More Hiroshimas: Poems and Translations

by James Kirkup

"These poems all have their roots in one late afternoon at the "War Ag"' land workers' hostel outside Ponteland, Northumberland. The gang of workers had just returned from another sweltering day of "labor on the land" - draining and ditching. As we entered the hostel we got the news that the first American Atom Bomb had been dropped on Japan, on the city of Hiroshima. It was the first time we had heard of that place that was to become a universal symbol of man's inhumanity towards his fellow-men." -- James Kirkup, from the Preface.

72 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2004

About the author

James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL was a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer. He was brought up in South Shields, and educated at South Shields Secondary School and Durham University. He wrote over 30 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1962.

Reviews

[Scott DuJardin · Rating 4 out of 5]

His imagery is spare, harsh, often brutal. His opinions likewise starkly clear.
Almost more disturbing to me is that he was unable to get his poetry published in the UK in the 1980s.