crows spiral
in a double helix --
battlefield smoke
Windfall, 4, 2016
Marilyn Humbert
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
一群烏鴉
以雙螺旋形狀在天空中飛翔 --
戰火煙硝
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
一群乌鸦
以双螺旋形状在天空中飞翔 --
战火烟硝
Bio Sketch
Marilyn
Humbert lives in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney NSW surrounded by bush.
Her pastimes include writing free verse poetry, tanka, tanka prose and
related genre. She is the leader of Bottlebrush Tanka Group and member
of the Huddle and Bowerbird Tanka Groups. Her tanka appears in
Australian and international journals.
Evaluated in the thematic context of war, the contrasting movements of (symbolically rich and visually stunning) crows and battlefield smoke make this sociopolitically conscious haiku emotionally effective.
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