Hiroshima Day
in the friendship garden
flashes of koi
Published by
Deborah P Kolodji
Deborah P Kolodji moderates the Southern California Haiku Study Group, which meets monthly in Pasadena, CA at the Pacific Asia Museum. A former president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, she is the California Regional Coordinator of the Haiku Society of America. She has published over 800 haiku.
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good morning deborah, too soon all things come to past; with day’s end, again we’re plunged into darkness. and yet burning bright, the candle of friendship lights our path…
–
from darkness of despair
winter becomes spring–
garden of rememberance
Simple, but incredibly & beautifully evocative.
Hiroshima
the tree’s shadow in the old wall
An appealing poem about a difficult subject. The implied reconciliation, decades after the bomb was dropped, seems true.
Sharp, bright, painful.
Hiroshima–
gone in a flash
but never forgotten
Nagasaki
the vapor of people
on the bomb dome
martin
yes, never forgotten
that`s true!
we watched the blast
from a picnic area
on the edge of town
The line ‘friendship garden’ is very well placed and quite potent.
Bravo!
Congrats on a beautiful Haiku!
Best,
James
Beautiful and evocative, Deborah.
Sunny Sunday morning . . .
While negotiating peace,
Pearl Harbor
good morning deborah, too soon all things come to past; with day’s end, again we’re plunged into darkness. and yet burning bright, the candle of friendship lights our path…
–
from darkness of despair
winter becomes spring–
garden of rememberance
sunrise discouragement
melting snow
swimming
cross this new flowing river
a swan–
No sirens wailing
Backpacks carry death unseen
Weep for London, weep!
Different times bring different pain.
A tough subject dealt with by a deceptively simple haiku, but it’s one of those haiku with multi-layers and worth reading over and over again.
Simply, a classic haiku, and very moving.
Check martin’s witness it link, if you can.