Showing posts with label disaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disaster. Show all posts
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Flooding Tanka

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after the flooding in this tourist town the sound of a whiskey bottle tapping the dock O2 Haiku, February 3 2026
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Fire Poppies Haiku

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months after the fire these hills blowing with poppies! fire poppies ablaze Haiku Avenue, 9, 2025 FYI: Papaver californicum, a species of po...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Flashflooding Haiku

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flashfloodingpropertydisbutesettled Kingfisher, 12, 2025
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Weight of Silence Haiku

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the weight of silence heavier than yesterday tongues of forest fires 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, September 26, 2025
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Flash Flooding Haiku

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flash flooding ... this trail of grief and yet mud-stained marigolds    The Solitary Daisy, 57, 2025
Thursday, January 8, 2026

River of Mud and Waste Haiku

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXVI: "winter storm" Gazan sky tinged gray a river of mud and waste through patchwor...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Flood after Flood Haiku

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floodafterfloodweareallinthis t o ge  t   h   e r   a  gain Haiku Avenue, 8, 2025
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Glimpses of Light

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flashfloodweareallinthis t o ge  t   h   e r    Rain and snowfall across Southern California has tamed, at least for the time being, the thr...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Bodies on Bodies Haiku

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCXXII: "UN-declared famine and a food aid truck" written in response to the Internati...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Flash Flooding Haiku

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flashfloodingweareallinthistogether seashores, 14, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Thin Arms and Bloated Bellies Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCXIX: "UN-declared Gaza famine" a roadhouse burnt-out and half ruined . . . under the...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Smoky Silence Haiku

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smoky silence crater after crater rainbowed with oil NeverEnding Story, August 22 2025 Added: elbows up, elbows down ... the PM's mouth ...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Skin against Skin Tanka

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Yellowing Memories , VIII written in response to  The Telegraph, August 15 :  Putin prepares nuclear missile tests in veiled threat to West ...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Loose Skin over Bone Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CXCVII: "loose skin over bone" this dull-eyed baby  with loose skin over bone ... a Ga...
Monday, June 9, 2025

Red, Rolling Flames Haiku

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No More Fairy Tales , XLIV the Prairies mountain after mountain of red , rolling flames NeverEnding Story, June 9 2025 FYI: This could be re...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Flashflooding Haiku

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flashflooding ... the silence between us stretched w i   d     e       r Hindi Translation: आकस्मिक बाढ़ ... हमारे बीच मौन का  विस्  ता     ...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Cuckoo Clock Haiku

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what’s left of wildfires… a cuckoo clock folded from one sheet of paper 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, March 29, 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025

Alley Stray Haiku

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this lockdown life  the comings and goings of an alley stray Japanese translation by Hidenori Hiruta ロックダウンこの生活は何だろう路地裏の犬行ったり来たり Akita Inte...
Friday, January 10, 2025

Valley of Smoke Tanka

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No More Fairy Tales , XL the morning sun choked out by columns of black ... car after car  driving through the valley of smoke as tongues of...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Tongues of Fire Tanka

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tongues of fire lick as house after house bursts into flame ... where has my friend been where will my friend be Gusts, 40, Fall/Winter 2024