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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.