Task 1

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 talking about the Vietnam War that was fought between the communist part of Vietnam and anti-communist part of Vietnam. This war caused lots of suffering and death on the Vietnamese as 'Agent Orange' was used on the enemies. 'Agent Orange' is the code name for the herbicide and defoliant. About 4.8million Vietnamese people were exposed to this herbicide, resulting in 400 thousand deaths and disabilities and 500 thousand children born with defects.

This 'Agent Orange' is by the far the most commonly used of the 'Rainbow Herbicides' eomployed in herbicidal warfare program. These 'Rainbow Herbicides' come in colours of purple, pink, orange and green and are used to cause the leaves of a plant to fall off, destroying cover for enemies and their main source of food.

Credit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange