My Dear Friends:
NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone this morning: 2. 05 M pageveiws.
I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And NeverEnding Story now seeks the haiku and tanka that can bite and bite hard.
The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and X. And you are welcome to follow me on X at @ericcoliu (9 following, 4,784 followers).
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
And
What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn't "soothe."
-- Jorie Graham
For example, my latest entry of Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CI: "Hezbollah"
the shards
of a US-made bomb
glistening
the skeletal remains
of Beirut apartments
FYI: The Times of Israel, September 29: Israel confirms bunker-buster bombs used in attack on Nasrallah
Wikipedia Entry Bunker Buster: A bunker buster is a type of munition that is designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground, such as military bunkers.
More recently, the US has developed the 30,000 lb (14,000 kg) GBU-57, which was designed to penetrate up to 200 feet of reinforced concrete.
NBC News, September 30: Lebanese worry nowhere is safe amid widespread Israeli bombing
Democracy Now, September 30: Israeli Assassination of Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah “Shocked All of Lebanon.
I mean, Lebanon has one of the most, if not the highest percentage refugee population in the world. Now a million people are displaced. Many are trying to go into Syria right now.
And this is a sequel to the following: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, C: "Hezbollah"
pillars of fire
and cloud after cloud of smoke ...
the minutes
unrolling Hezbollah news
and news spreading fake news
Look forward to reading your "Biting NOT Barking" haiku and tanka
Chen-ou
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