This fragment taken from the poem "12 o'clock news" was written by the American author Elisabeth Bishop. It was published in 1976, in the collection Geography III. The author wrote most of her work before and after the World War II. The poem has a strong connection with the Vietnam War. The USA, defeated, suffered severe consequences. Bishop was highly influenced by the Modernism, especially by Marianne Moore’s poetry. It is not easy to classify Bishop in a literary movement as she was a prolific writer. However, she belonged to a generation who was clearly influenced by the World War II
