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"I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way."

Captain John Paul Jones, 16 November 1778, in a letter to le Ray de Chaumont.
[Morison, Samuel Eliot. John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959): 182.]

Haiku 26 Echoes

mountains, fields, forest

                             stand witness to the blood cries

                                            the song of freedom



11/11/2014
Veteran's Day

veterans dayhaiku

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Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

February 21, 2015 at 10:09 AM

Yes I can feel

Maurice Yvonne

November 21, 2014 at 8:42 PM

I love that line David "Nature is always the final witness in every war"

Maurice Yvonne

November 20, 2014 at 9:32 PM

A poignant Veteran Day poem. Sometimes it is only the mountains, fields, forest left. The only witnesses remaining once the blood cries no longer speak.

David Meade

November 21, 2014 at 8:17 PM

This is very true . . . I believe nature is always the final witness in every war!

Bl Devnath

November 15, 2014 at 8:25 AM

A nice song of freedom all they sing, hearer knows the rhythm with acute sense. It's a great haiku. Loved always,my lovely friend,bl

David Meade

November 21, 2014 at 8:18 PM

War touches all nations and all cultures -- thank-you for your kind words -- much love and light to you my friend.

Paul Callus

November 12, 2014 at 2:28 PM

Excellently expressed haiku. Beautiful nature gives us a sense of freedom. // paul

David Meade

November 12, 2014 at 4:16 PM

Thank-you my friend -- I agree, nature always is involved in war -- always will be! All the best -- live freely.

Eve Roper

November 12, 2014 at 1:02 PM

David, a powerful write in a few words, all should be commended also for the one's that stay home worrying about their loved ones.

David Meade

November 12, 2014 at 4:18 PM

Eve, you are so right!! We need to recognize this fact . . . would you be open to writing something -- I would love to read it. Thank-you for your thoughts.