haiku-usa

A blog devoted mainly to haiku and senryu and to thoughts about, and inspired by, haiku and senryu.

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Monday, February 27, 2017

2/26

he stood
his ground
Trayvon

On February 26 five years ago Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager was shot to death by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges. Although the recently developed "stand your ground" defense was not used on Zimmerman's behalf in his trial, it was a common theme of his apologists in the months following the killing. But it was Trayvon who stood his ground. And it got him killed.

Sunday, February 19, 2017

zero

zero chaos
somewhere
a butterfly

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