 HARD HAIKU - PART TWO: 60 YEARS ON..............
Selected by Susumu Takiguchi
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kuraki hi mo tohki omoide natsu sakan
high summer...
distant memory
of dark days
Susumu Takiguchi, UK
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this morning glory
with only barbed wire to cling
how it must have felt
b'oki (Bette Wappner), US
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autumn wind—
inside a bamboo box, a postcard
from World War II
new moon of August...
gift of old Father's snapshots
from World War II
At 87, my father-in-law is moving to
another town with his second wife of about 10 years. It will
be his last move to a house. He gave us two filing cabinets with the
last of his photos and albums.
DW Bender, US
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like today,
a day bright and sunny...
the a-bomb
Susumu Takiguchi, UK
On the Atomic Bomb Day
serene peals
of peace bells permeate
cicadas' chorus
Susumu Takiguchi, UK
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WWII birthday—
my honey cake that year
from mother's hives
buzz bombs over London-
mother says the bee stings help
her arthritis
Life Magazine's
pictures of gas masked children-
mother smokes the hives
Hiroshima day—
a rooster from mother's axe
spews blood through the yard
Nancy Stewart Smith, US
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the Shinto
chant
mixing with cicadas' song—
the Hiroshima Day
Susumu
Takiguchi, UK
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floating lanterns
down the rivers of Japan
Hiroshima Day
Nancy Stewart Smith, US
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8:15 am, 6 August 1945
one minute silence—
only peace bells
and cicadas
Susumu Takiguchi, UK
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dusk moves
around the globe—
shadow of sadness
Nancy Stewart Smith, US
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shadows move
over the roses; documentary
on Hiroshima
Susumu
Takiguchi, UK
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roses over the world
japanese beetles lacework
jewelled with green sheen
Nancy Stewart Smith, US
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