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Two Haiku
by D L Johnson → (All Poetry by D L Johnson)
Monday, April 16, 2018    Rated "PG" by the Author.
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Haiku on war and peace

 WAR
War takes us nowhere
The killing, spilling of blood
Bureaucrats don’t care.

Peace
Peace, a lovely word
Weapons replaced with resolution
Making war absurd

 


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 Reviews of "Two Haiku"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on April 27, 2018
Your senryu (haiku have to do with nature and the seasons while senryu deal with the rest... life, love, emotions etc.) deal with a timeless and universal theme. Peace appears to be anathema to men and their insane pursuits of power and greed. Love and peace to you, Dan...

Regis

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 17, 2018
A toast to you and these two haiku. No one has shown us the more favorable course better than you.

Ron

Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on April 16, 2018
True. War is absurd.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on April 16, 2018
Ah . . . But war reigns El Supremo for the most part.

Reviewed by Mystic Rose
Reviewed on April 16, 2018
I enjoyed your haiku, I much prefer the second as it speaks of peace, The ideal situation for all of us I think, Thank you for sharing your poem dear poet, have a wonderful evening


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