written on the 80th anniversary of VE Day
new "peace" plan
fields of sunflowers
bend to the wind
FYI: This haiku could be read as a prequel to the following:
army of sunflowers
again peace becomes
war somewhere
Third Prize, 2016 Kusamakura Haiku Competition
Dietmar Tauchner
And for more about reflections on VE Day, see Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on VE Day in the shadow of Russia's War on Ukraine
...the idea that this was all just history and it doesn’t matter now somehow is completely wrong.
Those values of freedom and democracy matter today.
-- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer
Added:
the silence
in an armless man's saluting ...
the sunlight shines
on 30,000 ceramic poppies
at the Tower of London
