"E=MC
2" is a
speculative poem written by American
advertising executive and television advertising pioneer
Rosser Reeves. It was published in the September, 1961 issue of ''
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''. The poem describes the end of the Earth (possibly from a nuclear war) as observed by aliens on a distant planet. Reeves published a number of fantastic poems under his own name and pseudonyms.
Halberstam, David
David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 April 23, 2007) was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and later ...
''The Fifties
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the " '50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.
Throughout the decade, the world continued its re ...
'', pp. 225. Villard Books, 1993
Style and structure
The 16-lines of
free verse does not follow any particular poetic structure.
References
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1961 poems
Science fiction literature