War Haiku

Gaza in smoky twilight
a long scream cut off

Revision NeverEnding Story, August 31, 2014

Covering the Middle East

A Haiku Set for Edward Said, author of Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World


the flurry of white
between minarets
a scream cut short

If it bleeds, it leads
scrawled on a reporter's note
pinpoint bombings

NeverEnding Story, August 4 2014

A Tanka about the Middle East

working in
sunny Silicon Valley
Israeli Jews
shop around for
Palestinian hummus

A Handful of Stones (Oct., 23rd, 2010)

Middle East Haiku

East Jerusalem
home sweet home
on the stereo...

Haiku News (Jan., 25,2010)

Middle East Haiku

slate-gray Gazan skies ...

crying old tears at new funerals

Revision published in Haiku News (Jan., 18, 2010)