Haiku - Senryu

True desert memories of my time spent in the Libyan desert. (Very early 60's) The link re. the last senryu gives the details of how a young soldier lost his life by ignoring orders. Not a friend of mine, but we were comrades in arms. HAIKU & SENRYU night time desert... cold can freeze... belies the hot days no moon... pitch black night ~ daytime desert... hot the sun takes no prisoners yet nature survives ~ tortoise... chameleons scorpions... puff adders... flies shy desert wonders ~ two four week tours my work... I endured free time exploring ~ North Africa unhospitable deserts watermelons... cool ~ there are hidden fears world war two ammunitions bomb... mines... shells... killers ~ look... don't touch... report standing orders .... don't deny one did and died ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The link below will take you to a page where the young soldier's death is recorded. Please note this was not entered as html, I used converter entities to get it up in the html format. If I have broken the rules I apologise and will remove it but for those interested copy it now. http://www.farmersboys.com/Roll_of_Honour_Pages/G_Evans.htm <a href="http://www.farmersboys.com/Roll_of_Honour_Pages/G_Evans.htm">Farmers Boys</a>