Twoku: In a time of masks / our eyes start to speak before / our muffled mouths do. Threeku: With voices muffled / our eyes communicate first / in a…
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These epic platform shoes of a loved one have worked hard, walked well, and wandered far, performed, protected, and protested, before and during the pandemic. Now they need a little…
Twoku: Pandemic greeting / namaste right where you are! / No more handshaking. Threeku: Personal spacing / namaste away from me! / Pandemic greeting. Fourku: Namaste away! / Respect the…
Twoku: Telephoto lens / enjoying from a distance / social compliance. Threeku: Telephoto lens / the perfect tool enabling / social distancing. Stay safe, sane, happy, and healthy out there!…
Twoku: Election / mean, nasty, hateful / ends today. Threeku: Scary election / negative and rancorous / coming to a close. Fourku: Lesser of evils / our choice after so…
I wrote this “extra” haiku (senryu, actually) among many written and posted when the last big terrorist mass murder was committed by ISIS. Today, sadly, there was a mass murder…
Today, we grieve for the victims of hate in Lahore, Pakistan. SOURCE: from the NYT article posted on 3/27/2016 at 12:31pm EDT. PHOTO CREDIT: Arif Ali/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
After a big week of celebrity performer death–David Bowie, Alan Rickman, and Glenn Frey–it occurred to me that I am sadly typing the letters “RIP” far too often these days,…
Many people have died at age sixty-nine. Today, sadly, it was Alan Rickman, an actor whose art, craft, and “snarlingly withering” voice I greatly enjoyed, now silenced, joining the ranks…
Twoku: A new year / the same old demons / waving guns. Threeku: A new year arrives / old demons find new voices / emboldened by hate. It’s getting worse,…
A mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, has left at least 14 dead and at least 17 others wounded. But San Bernardino wasn’t the only mass shooting in America on…
Twoku: Too many / days now live in / infamy. We all know the terror and atrocities that have been committed by zealots and radicals over the past few days,…
Twoku: Freedom fails / when church, state are not / separate. Threeku: When one religion / makes the laws, independence / no longer exists. Fourku: Independence lost / freedom failed,…
Originally posted on haikumages: Twoku: Memorial day / remembering those who died / so that we could live.
Twoku: Arctic air, chilling / reminder our degree of / tolerance is small. Threeku: Jet stream neglecting / its duties, sagging, polar / vortex fills the void. Brrrrrrr!!!! Stay warm…
Twoku: Reflection / hindsight is so clear / not foresight. Threeku: Ending nigh / a new beginning / promising. Fourku: Distant friend / already in future / says it’s bright.
Twoku: Read the book / stilled voices we must / always hear. (Pictures taken at the 9-11 Memorial named “Rising”, in Valhalla, NY) Valhalla? The town is a fitting place…
Twoku: North threatens the South / again, what do I tell my / Korean daughter?
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