Johnny Baranski has been writing haiku and it's related forms since 1975 and has been widely published. His latest chapbook, just a stone's throw, #12 in Vince Tripi's Pinch Book Series, was published in 2006. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, USA.
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Great jux.
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the NRA
will have its way
Orion's belt
It is fascinating how so much weapon terms are included in everyday life, from those bullet points, to children being given toys based on weapons that kill other humans.
The use of killing weapons pervades us, including this one, which is more allegorical than actual:
cherry mist
the gun you pointed
as I said I love you
Alan Summers
Publication credits: Symmetry Pebbles (2011)
Great jux.
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the NRA
will have its way
Orion's belt
Thanks Garry.
domestic abuse loophole
guns to burn
walk the horizon
Nicely done Johnny. We need to be writing more of this! CHEERS!
Thanks Michelle.
Very effective, Johnny. I'll be seeing Orion's belt in a different light.
Too many failures need resolution; too many failed answers.
lives matter
bullets bombs or rental trucks
sanctuaries
Very effective, Johnny.
marion
Thanks Marion.
Johny, Johny
johny,
and johny,
I wen't nuts over this poem
and the neighbours,
did as well
Very powerful poem.
bullet points
on gun control
Orion’s belt
—JOHNNY BARANSKI
It is fascinating how so much weapon terms are included in everyday life, from those bullet points, to children being given toys based on weapons that kill other humans.
The use of killing weapons pervades us, including this one, which is more allegorical than actual:
cherry mist
the gun you pointed
as I said I love you
Alan Summers
Publication credits: Symmetry Pebbles (2011)