Axis & Allies - damowords

Another Game of Chess
The North Atlantic enjoin in treaty,
With Benelux the Western bloc is sealʹd,
In the face of future hostility
Its signatʹries shall ally in the field;
In bold reply
The Russians have revealʹd
A sky swarming fungi, holy weapon to wield.
From the vast Eurasian heartlands
Went that blast’s solemn echo,
Swept yon the watch‐wire rimlands,
Thro the corridors of Nato
Back to the secret in the sands
Of Alamogordo;
Through all mankind is sent a sad shudder...
There’ll now be two stood by Doomsdayʹs rudder.
Stalin thrust forward his H‐pawn
ʺWhen will they be readyʺ
An manly yawn, Molotovʹs moan
(He sees the mate in three),
ʺAs soon as we can supply systems of delivery.ʺ
Moscow
1949
U.N.
There is a city high upon the hill
Where swollen on notions of high ideal ‐
Liberty, in all peoples, shall instil
When with a foreign master never kneel;
Unfetterʹ grip
Binding manʹs destiny;
Indefensible ship of sovereignity.
The world is glad to hear the birth
Of this United Nations,
Myriad races of this earth
Send eager delegations
To strut like kinsmen round the hearth,
Airing protestations ‐
Manʹs many colours bask in assembly,
Grand semblance of mankindʹs maturity.
There comes a hint of bullish tone
These old empires receive
ʺGive up your throne, the day had grown
When nations do believe
Leaders cannot be foreigners, this fact no man should greive.ʺ
Geneva
1951