haikumages

Tag Archive: war

NYT - Kabul Afghanistan - 4/19/2016
19 Apr

Unfortunately / so much death, that our heartbreak / is now commonplace.

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…
2016/04/19 at 10:41 am Leave a comment
A new year / the same old demons / waving guns. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
03 Jan

The New Year arrives / old demons darken doorways / blocking ways to change.

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,…
2016/01/03 at 7:04 pm Leave a comment
Too many / days now live in / infamy. // micropoetry - haiku - haikumages
15 Nov

Yet another day / joins its predecessors to / live in infamy.

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,…
2015/11/15 at 8:32 pm Leave a comment
11 Sep

Now we read from the / book of the dead, stilled voices / we must always hear.

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…
2013/09/11 at 7:11 am Leave a comment
04 Apr

The North uncivil / rattling its sabertooth / angry at the world.

Twoku: North threatens the South / again, what do I tell my / Korean daughter?
2013/04/04 at 10:08 am Leave a comment
Veterans / day is not enough / to thank them. Haiku
12 Nov

Veterans / day is not enough / to thank them.

2012/11/12 at 5:38 pm Leave a comment
19 Sep

North against / South, what do I tell / my daughter?

Twoku: North versus south, so / what do I tell my little / Korean daughter? NOTE: this ‘ku is about any civil war, in our country or another, in progress…
2012/09/19 at 11:11 am 2 Comments