My Dear Poet Friends:
In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, "poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty."
-- Seamus Heaney, an Irish poet, playwright and translator who received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Poetry is insurrection, resurrection, and insubordination -- against amnesia of every sort, against every form of oppression, dispossession and indifference. And against the drowning noise of other words.
-- Anne Michaels, "Infinite Gradation"
And
Strive to change the world in such a way that there’s no further need to be a dissident. Read between the lives, and write between the lines. "Be committed to something outside yourself."
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Poetry as Insurgent Art"
Today is International Haiku Poetry Day, I would like to share with you the following "short haibun," something more than a thing of beauty:"
Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, LII: "mountains of debris"
mountains of debris
a woman holds her baby
dripping blood
Look forward to reading your haiku (that are Not just singing about birds and flowers) . See submission guidelines here.
Happy International Haiku Poetry Day!!
Chen-ou
FYI: The phrase, "singing about flowers and birds,” refers to the famous declaration made by Takahama Kyoshi (1874 --1959), a student of Masaoka Shiki and the editor of the most influential haiku magazine, Hototogisu, during WWII, that "haiku was essentially the art of "singing about flowers and birds ..." and for more about Kyoshi’s involvement in wartime haiku persecution, see Itô Yûk's groundbreaking monograph, "The Evolution of Modern Japanese Haiku and the Haiku Persecution Incident, reprinted in Simply Haiku, 5:4, Winter 2007)
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, LIII: "bombing"
airdrops of aid ...
a before and an after
the moment of bombing
FYI: Voice of America/VOA, April 18: UN chief calls Gaza a 'humanitarian hellscape'
"One miscalculation, one miscommunication, one mistake, could lead to the unthinkable—a full-scale regional conflict that would be devastating for all involved."
"In Gaza, six and a half months of Israeli military operations have created a humanitarian hellscape," Guterres told the UN Security Council.
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