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haiku for peace


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
white poppies grow

amongst the rubble

and I pick them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Judith Chandler
    September 6, 2008

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    It's simple in a nice way and I like the poppy symbol you have used.

    Thank you for entering.


  • just mercedes gold member
    September 1, 2008
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    Powerful. Took me to Hiroshima.


    • Mairi bheag gold member
      September 2, 2008
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      I confess that was somewhat in my mind too. I have been watching the excellent TV documentary series from the 1960s - "The World at War" - and had just come to the bombing of Dresden, and of the Japanese cities. Thank you.


  • Dalaney gold member
    August 31, 2008

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    I love when you do Haiku...makes me smile. Love, Lane


  • buttheadsloon
    August 30, 2008

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    white poppies once grew
    in london town rubble
    it was the 1940’s

    and grew again in
    new york city dust
    in the 2000's

    so pick the white poppies
    to honor each brave
    restorer of peace


    • Mairi bheag gold member
      August 31, 2008
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      It is in poppies' nature to grow where the ground is disturbed; each spring I gently rake the ground where poppy seeds have been scattered. In WW1, the battlefields of Flanders were ablaze with poppies each early summer. My poem is the poem of someone reaching out a hand to take peace.

      Thank you for your visit.


  • Amera gold member
    August 30, 2008

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    And then do you smoke them?
    Seriously, I like this especially after reading your column.

    Love,
    Amera♥


  • cricketjeff gold member
    August 30, 2008
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    soft words of beauty
    perfect peaceful poetry
    deep feelings are left


  • FransB gold member
    August 30, 2008
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    This is not only

    unbelievably beautiful, but beyond comprehension of an inner desire [for peace]. Frans


  • Joan-of-Arc
    August 30, 2008
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    oh my . I challenge anyone to tell me haiku don't have depth! This was just bloody fantastical.This is beautifully powerful. Gold!!!!

    -joan.

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    • Mairi bheag gold member
      August 30, 2008

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      LOL - I am terrified that every time anyone mentions "gold" in a comment to me, that will put the kybosh on it!

      The whole point of haiku is its depth. If a haijin can get this across by implication rather than by statement, then the whole thing works.

      Glad you like it.

      • Joan-of-Arc
        August 30, 2008

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        ah! superstitious! . I shall refrain from it in the future. Or, I might simply mean that this haiku's shine is of the finest caliber .

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