A Tanka Sequence
our skin
is the scarlet letter
lingering
on this chilly night
a man with his hands up
columns of smoke
from a commercial strip
the banner
Black Lives Matter
stained with mud and blood
Atlas Poetica, 21, 2015
NeverEnding Story: Call for Haiku and Tanka Submissions in Response to UN
Report,"The Anatomy of a Genocide"
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My Dear Poet Friends:
On Tuesday, U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused Israel of
committing acts of genocide. She spoke in Geneva about her m...