Dave Graham is a naturalist and retired prof of veterinary pathology and researcher on diseases of wildlife. He has been writing haiku / short poems since reading Kerouak in the early 60s, and thought he was the only person still doing so... then came retirement... and the web... 'nuf said? Home is rural South Dakota.
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war memorial
a bronze eagle pointed
at the playground
The use of ‘albino’ is interesting in this haiku. It implies more than ‘white’ (but trails white’s associations of innocence and ghostliness). An albino animal can be seen as a sport. Something odd perhaps damaged – vulnerable (except where there is snow) as it is too visible. So too victims of war – DU radiation, incarceration etc. are vulnerable in hospital/detention. Thanks for this haiku.
war memorial
a bronze eagle pointed
at the playground
Sharp and to the point.
borrowed time …
an albino fawn nibbling
cherry blossoms
The use of ‘albino’ is interesting in this haiku. It implies more than ‘white’ (but trails white’s associations of innocence and ghostliness). An albino animal can be seen as a sport. Something odd perhaps damaged – vulnerable (except where there is snow) as it is too visible. So too victims of war – DU radiation, incarceration etc. are vulnerable in hospital/detention. Thanks for this haiku.
dawn’s westward flight-
yet, grackles squawks
fly east