A Hokku

A HOKKU

         I
Of Nature and man
What tragedy, sorrows wrought!
Wept, dawn cries its truth

        II
Autumn colors pale
White sidewalks heat mother earth
Sad, winds and morn's glow

        III
Earth and sky falter
Rivers flood with flowing trash
Blinded, mankind plays

       IV
Beneath oceans dark
Life its beauty imperiled
Greed, man bows to gold

R.J. LINDLEY
7-18-2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Mcintosh Avatar
July 19, 2021 at 3:12 AM
Sad...so very sad. Brilliant writing but such pain and sorrow. God bless you always, Love, Gina
Andresen Avatar
July 18, 2021 at 1:27 PM
- Woow ... you are proficient in haiku, Robert :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Pandit Avatar
July 18, 2021 at 10:58 AM
Enjoyed the haiku poems Robert...beautifully intertwined--nature and life emotively blended in this splendid write.
Lindley Avatar
July 18, 2021 at 11:22 AM
Thank you my friend. Sad reality is that mankind has reached epic engagements in its misuse and and thereby devastation of Nature and those earthen resources that are key to the welfare of all. God bless...
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