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A Double Handful of Haiku: Could Be

This piece is for National Poetry Day, Oct. 6, 2022. The theme this year is the environment, ergo... I Could be hurricanes Are Mother Nature blowing Off a little steam II Could be an earthquake Is the Earth telling us she Has a tummy ache III Could be volcanoes Are just Earth's adolescent Complexion issues IV Could be an eclipse Is the universe scowling In disapproval

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Ilene Bauer

Date: 10/6/2022 2:05:00 PM

wonderfully done, jim! i enjoyed...

Jim Slaughter
Date: 10/7/2022 10:58:00 AM

Many thanks, Ilene.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 10/6/2022 10:50:00 AM

I really enjoyed your haikus in commemoration of National Poetry Day, Jim. These are so apropos of the now. Skillful writing.

Jim Slaughter
Date: 10/6/2022 10:51:00 AM

Thank you, L M.

Jeff Kyser

Date: 10/6/2022 10:11:00 AM

Could be forest fires Are in fact the wrath of God Poured out on us all Could be that it just Rains on the just and injust Well, um, just because… Enjoyed, Jim!

Jim Slaughter
Date: 10/6/2022 10:20:00 AM

Could be, Jeff, but I think that in the case of forest fires, careless campers and smokers have a lot to do with it. And everybody knows that "into each life some rain must fall"...Thanks for stopping by.