War Haiku Poems

"After Auschwitz, there is no poetry" - Theodor W. Adorno

hope nailed to the cross
mankind at its darkest hour
there's no forgetting



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     whispers faint traverse

     cobblestones… a continent... 
      
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Steel screams, earth bleeds red, 
Silent souls on broken winds, 
Seeds of sorrow sown.

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In plowing God's love,
let us sow seeds of His peace;
raking away war:-...

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         Every form of art
     dignifies...

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            as the last petal falls 

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As blood and death flow,
Men stand United. Brothers.
Honorable. Fearless....

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So cold and breezy
Whisper at my ears
Secrets of beyond...

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Don't
poke the bear
he has nukes...

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Always hope swimming 
We feel that we are swinging 
But we keep the coursing
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for my entire life
I've always been on the brink
of annihilation

under a wooden desk
covering porcelain neck
the unforgiving sirens

a nuclear child
petrified of being exposed
to the fallout

seven years...

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Time passes, fear grows
All eventualities
Seep in like poison.

A façade of peace,
An underbelly of pain.
Two halves of one world.

Cracks begin to show.
Forked tails in elegant clothes
Eyes...

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wind blows the water 
over the debris filled street  
stop sign launched through air  
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Vietcong
bombed movie
not that bad...

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HALLOWEEN

DEAR HALLOWEEN
HI AGAIN THE BLACK NIGHT
FULL OF DARKNESS INSIDE...

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