From GHOST WARS

A group of four linked haiku from my poetry collection Ghost Wars . . .


      Gulf War Haiku

A hummingbird slips
                            ruby-neon helmet deep
                     in fuschia blossoms . . .

                                           its hollow beak, black
                                                  as stealth-bomber wings, traces
                                   red calligraphy

                            on dawn's lavender
                     parchment . . . feathers, like fireworks,
                                           bleed sparks in dark air . . .

       all day, hummingbirds
                            glow like ghostly fighter planes
behind my eyelids



First appeared in the journal
War, Literature, and the Arts.

 
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Published on December 21, 2011 08:55 Tags: ghost-wars, gulf-war, haiku, poetry
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