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2383

take the queens shilling
drop it into a deep well
the lives of soldiers

May 27, 2019 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, senryu, war 2 Comments

2139

thanks for your service
old veteran smiles asking
who was he fighting

October 11, 2018October 22, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: aging, haiku, senryu, war 1 Comment

2027

more were sacrificed
in the snows of stalingrad
than in all your wars

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July 6, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, Russia, senryu, war 11 Comments

2024

for our lost armies
for fleets never coming home
fire spangled night

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July 4, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: flag, haiku, senryu, summer, war

1692

let our noble wrath
boil over them like a wave
we the people fight

(borrowed from a Russian anthem entitled “Sacred War”.)

February 17, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: haikuTags: haiku, people, politics, Russia, senryu, war

1616🍟

big macs and shakes in
Ho Chi Minh Cityβ€”
we won after all

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by brucejewett Categories: Economics, haiku, senryuTags: aging, boomer, haiku, senryu, Vietnam, war 1 Comment

1471

where grasses grow best
green, thick, lush and tall
the mass graves are there

December 24, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: death, haiku, life, senryu, trees, war

1431

a tiny cafe
in Hiroshima
a sun once burst here

December 14, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: death, haiku, senryu, war 2 Comments

1390

focus on coffee
try to unlisten
hundreds killed at mosque

November 24, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, terrorism, war

1301

news update
we’re not yet nuclear ash
waiting for his tweet

September 27, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryuTags: haiku, senryu, Trump, twitter, war

1295

tall emerald grass
ripples without wind
men stalking men

September 23, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, history, senryu, WarTags: haiku, PBSVietnamWar, senryu, war

1131

our war dead–
surfing and barbecuing
forgetting us

May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, intoxication, life, memorial, senyruTags: death, haiku, memorial, senryu, surfing, war

907

blue angels above
some cities have airshows
every day

October 14, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, Senryu, WarTags: airstrikes, Aleppo, haiku, planes, senryu, war

820

fireflowers
splash the sky
enchantments of war

 

 

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: haiku, senryu, WarTags: fireworks, haiku, hanabi, independence day, senryu, war

494

black banners, black holes
no light nor reason escapes
seasons of slaughter

六十六

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, death, haiku, poem, poems, poetry, Rokuju Roku, WarTags: haiku, terror, war

454

bodies bagged, blood mopped
everyone is buying guns
war breeds in our hearts

六十六 (rokuju roku)

December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, memorial, Political, WarTags: gun control, guns, haiku, mass murder, war

410

ghosts in river smoke
drifting dogwood and bird calls
scraps of battle flags

September 30, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, death, poem, poems, poetry, WarTags: haiku, history, south, war

330

over long decades
glass slivers dropped from her skin
tears of August 6

August 5, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, Japan, WarTags: atomic bomb, haiku, hiroshima, japan, war 2 Comments

329/ tanka

in Hiroshima
on a tram at ground zero
overhead wires

short out– a ferocity
of light floods the crowded car

August 5, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, Japan, Tanka, WarTags: densha, hiroshima, japan, tanka, tram, war 3 Comments

298

800 pages
of the Second World War– please
don’t spoil the ending

July 21, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haikuforcats, Senryu, WarTags: haiku, history, senryu, war

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