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The writers Kurt Vonnegut and: The writers Kurt Vonnegut and Walter Miller, Jr., were both horribly haunted by bombings (Vonnegut witnessed Dresden; Miller bombed the ancient monastery at Monte Cassino which so traumatized him that he suicided in 1996).  I am of two minds:  the bombing of Hiroshima was terrible; yet, my father was to have been the third Marine in the first invasionary force that would have invaded the Japanese main island (the War Department believed they would all be slaughtered, so their death certificates had already been written by the Commander of the Nevada), had Truman not chosen the bombing as an alternative.  Three days short of the expected invasion, the Nevada stopped dead in the water, came about, and headed away from Japan at full speed.  So while Hiroshima was a horrific tragedy, the decision saved my father's life; and thirteen years later, he adopted me.

And what a great congregating: And what a great congregating that will be when the day finally dawns!

A most respectful and: A most respectful and poignant tribute . . .

First, this is a very visual: First, this is a very visual Haiku---just like being there in the moment:  bravo!  Secondly, you totally have respected the traditional American/English Haiku, with the 5/7/5 format, and for that you have my sincere applause.

I hope you will return to: I hope you will return to postpoems someday. You are missed.

I miss your Poetry on: I miss your Poetry on postpoems.

Thank you for those words as: Thank you for those words as well.  I made a couple of slight alterations in the poem, just to more specifically indicate that the speaker had to leave his Boyfriend behind due to family demand (a situation that happens all too often).  But their temporary parting was relieved by a warm reunion, which certainly was better than a cold drowning in the North Atlantic.