I do hereby authorize
the dropping of a bomb on
Darlington School and its
premises in Rome, Ga., U.S.A.

John Pehler,
future leader
of the World

A Concise Treasure of Great Poems, edited by Louis Untermeyer

Thank you to Aaron Brame, who says, “The writer of the inscription was named John Steven Pehler, and he died in 2006. (And he wrote his note on “Fern Hill,” by Dylan Thomas, which makes it even more remarkable.) If you would like to learn more about this inscription, please check out my blog.”