war is peace: the war to end all wars, news rolling
Remembrance Day
the parade lengthens
by armless vets
FYI: Originated as an idealistic slogan during World War I, "The War to End All Wars" now is a sarcastic term for this Great War. And according to Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law, "today, it monitors more than 110 armed conflicts ... Some of them started recently, while others have lasted for more than 50 years."
And for more about gembun, see To the Lighthouse: Gembun, Untitled Minimalist Haibun)
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1984
spine broken, margins yellowed ...
"war is peace" in red
For more about Remembrance Day poems, see Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on Remembrance Day
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
-- Albert Camus, written in August 1945, the day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
