breaking the accord
global nuclear restraints
new escalation


IDF strikes Iran
Iran strikes back and that’s war
long suffer the age


civilians live
or live not seemingly random
injudicious thief


c l couch


I don't know by tradition about haiku being topical.  But I've wanted to work at the form once a week, and I can't help but think and feel about what's happening on Earth.  And elsewhere, when it's elsewhere.  I mean for the haiku to stand alone, though clearly I think they're also related.

photo by Anzhela Bets on Unsplash

The building of a cinema and youth center in Chernihiv, Ukraine that was destroyed by an aerial bomb in March 2022 .