From The Gulf WithinIn 1991, with Christopher Herold, I edited The Gulf Within (San Francisco: Two Autumns Press) for the Haiku Poets of Northern California. The book records reactions to the Gulf War—the world’s first televised war—by thirty-four members of HPNC, covering the build-up to the war, Desert Storm itself, and then the unresolved aftermath. Below are my four contributions to the book. See also my review of Haiku Iz Rata: War Haiku.
rumours of war— the hoot owl silent
after hopscotch— “hey, let’s go home and watch the war”
tired of the war I turn to Johnny Carson— war jokes
small-town diner— the young widow opens her mail
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