War Senryu Poems

you can feel it
can't describe it
it is...

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quicksands bleak inside
breathless danger spreads arms wide…
choked desires subside

frail footsteps falter
life’s flow hindered by halter…
fortune doesn’t alter

time sands never stop
with debris of dreams they drop…
shattered...

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when battles are waged
in a faraway country
does war lose meaning
...

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      smoky-gray... frightened

   songbird... on my windowpane...

      overhead... bombs roar......

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Peace and love are strong 
their description is so hard 
they bleed just the same 

people pray for both 
yet war and  hate overtake...

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the fear
in her young eyes 
cannot stop
missiles
...

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         her history fades

  december seventh's unmade

        to rest...

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marching boots
trembling earth
newborn cry...

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old friends
buried in a bottle
Vietnam...

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I serve the Truth
That prickles often  minds
Ruthless return.'

Lord all components
Many parts; none removed no.'
Every atom owned sic..

Who can turn off?
Sun black, the midday faces'
Tell...

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financiers of war
politics and profits
tears of mothers...

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rumors of war
as she busies herself
with morning things


And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take...

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Whirled life of the world
In the labyrinth of fate
Ground in peace and war...

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Just give peace a chance

   applies foremost to romance

     ~ not to a war dance...

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Enlighten me why
human carnage the answer?
love thy neighbor, yes!...

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