simmering heat
every touch of her
you ask, I answer
last light of day
my body alone
night chill deepening
FYI: This [first] 2-line haiku sequence is written in response to the following:
After Dusk
asleep
the firefly
is fueling
sparks
however small
light lovers
our bodies
listen
to light
Listen to Light, 1980
Raymond Roseliep
Added: reading between the lives and writing between the lines, LXXXVI
shooting her husband
in the heart three times
the neighbour
said nothing... and yet
everything to each of us
FYI: This could be read as a sequl to my tanka below:
a winter fog
smothers the winding road
to her mother's house
the bruises on her face
say everything & nothing
Bulgarian and English Tanka Handbook (edited by Dimitar Anakiev), 2022
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, LXXXVII: "Life still goes on"
surrounded
by rubble that was once his home
this Gazan man
flashes a defiant smile ...
his X post reads, Life still goes on
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, LXXXVIII: "settler violence"
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a settler aims his gun | a child throws his rock
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