finally, I tell Loneliness
I’m leaving you
she curls up in bed
heaves a groan of despair
May 2010 issue of Four and Twenty
Poetic Musings: Battle Haiku by Masaoka Shiki
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the pear blossoming
after the battle
this ruined house
*The Haiku Handbook*, 1985
Masaoka Shiki
Commentary: This wartime haiku effectively employs what W...
