playing army . . .
the little boys fight
over who’s dead
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Stanford M. Forrester
Stanford M. Forrester is a past president of the Haiku Society of America as well as the editor of bottle rockets: a collection of short verse, which boasts its 14th year in print. Stanford has had poems published in many journals and anthologies worldwide. He perhaps is most proud of his haiku being included in Haiku edited by Peter Washington in the Everyman's Pocket Poetry Series published by Knopf and American Zen: A Gathering of Poets published by Bottomdog Press. In 2004 he took first seat in the 57th Annual Basho Anthology Contest in Ueno, Japan and in 2012, one of his haiku won second place in the International Robert Frost Poetry & Haiku contest. View all posts by Stanford M. Forrester
playing army
the boys all flying, running,
bombing and “killing”
playing dress-up
two little girls fight
over the pink dress
Applause for Mr. Forrester.
every day living —
the games
people play
–
Hey Stan:
The first time that I read this haiku, this brought
me back to my childhood, one of my favorites, was it
Frogpnd? Have a wonderful holiday.
Gene
forty-six years
writing my name
yellow in snow
that distant moon more out of touch
just before dawn–
foggy