by Diana Barlow
I.
A LAMENT
(Haiku in three verses)
Always the challenge:
In such sad and troubled times,
How to speak the Truth?
Chaos all around –
Gaza Strip has hostages,
Blinken to send Aid.
Look at History.
Does it have to be this way?
Try alternatives!
10/12/23
II.
HEEDS NOT THE WARNINGS
(Haiku in three Verses)
Ides of October –
Biden won’t hear the outcry
From much of the world.
Ignores calls for Peace.
He chooses an illusion –
Maintain World Order
Only hears Austin,
And industrial complex.
Cannot see our tears.
10/16/23
III.
IMAGES OF WAR
(Haiku in three Verses)
Send the downtrodden.
Right now: Send them all away,
Maybe to Egypt.
By car or by foot,
With or without any shoes –
Laden with their tears.
Through the City streets,
Comforting their little ones,
Bristling with anger.
10/17/23
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Diana Barlow is in MAPA’s Watertown Citizens Peace & Common Security Working Group
