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HAIKU
Name: Adrian B.
Posting date: 5/31/07
Stationed in: Afghanistan
Mountain peak ceiling
Blocks the sky, jagged gray clouds
Raining rockets west.
Dry, mud-caked rubble
Three jagged walls sag inward
Where do the men sleep?
A feared siren bleats
Soldiers run and shout for help,
The air comes alive.
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Keep safe!!!
Posted by: M.Mom | May 31, 2007 at 09:34 AM
Then may you all be at one with the air.
Posted by: Margit | May 31, 2007 at 12:25 PM
a loud bang makes its
exclamation mark on now,
sound rings in silence...
Posted by: William Earl Dungey | May 31, 2007 at 09:44 PM
Subtle. True haiku in the spirit of Basho; not the heavy-handed, coffecup haiku garbage.
So, not all of the soldier-poets were in the first two World Wars.
Stay Safe.
Posted by: Arkonbey | June 01, 2007 at 06:57 AM
Nice!! Tight, clean & evocative. Keep writing.
Posted by: Trudy | June 01, 2007 at 02:45 PM
Beautiful and terrifying - not my usual concept of poetry! However, you have achieved it and it is very memorable and I thank-you for sharing it. God keep you in such circumstances as you write about. You are in my prayers, Adrian.
Posted by: JG | June 01, 2007 at 11:53 PM
Powerfully done! Stay as safe as you can....come home and continue to write.
Posted by: Labrys | June 02, 2007 at 11:48 AM
Thanks, please keep writing.
Posted by: Jer | June 02, 2007 at 06:50 PM
wonderful...thank you.
may God keep you safe.
Posted by: SB | June 03, 2007 at 12:24 PM