Posts Tagged ‘War Haiku’

“One Way or Another: Leaving Iraq” (Dick Whyte)

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

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………………..day moon…
………………..she wonders how to tell
………………..her children
………………..their father died
………………..for nothing

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Headlines:

“One Way or Another: Leaving Iraq” (The Washington Post)

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Poem by Dick Whyte (see editor biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Ten Afghan civilians killed in latest Afghan violence” (Justin Webb)

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

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………………..after the marketplace
………………..bomb explodes . . .
………………..three children
………………..tossing a head
………………..of lettuce

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Headlines:

“Ten Afghan civilians killed in latest Afghan violence” (Monsters and Critics)

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Poem by Justin Webb (see poet biographies).

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“Iraq’s artists reflect pain, trauma of the war” (Dick Whyte)

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

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home from the war
everything the same
except him

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Headlines:

“Iraq’s artists reflect pain, trauma of the war” (Associated Press)

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Poem by Dick Whyte (see editor biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Israeli army review: Force against flotilla activists justified” (Guy Shaked)

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

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expert commandos
armed only with toy guns
that can kill

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Headlines:

“Israeli army review: Force against flotilla activists justified” (CNN)

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Poem by Guy Shaked (see poet biographies). Read  more by this poet.

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