For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge. Poppies are disappearing from European fields because of intensive farming methods and the ripping up of hedgerows. As we destroy our natural heritage, we destroy our collective memories too.
years pass and
smooth the furrowed field
where no poppies bloom
blood bone beneath forgotten
like useless flowers
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No-one, not even the maligned farmer, can conceal their joy upon seeing poppies in the field
Maybe, but could you ask the maligned farmers to stop spraying poison on them then, please? I admit, I’m an incorrigible cynic, but don’t know that they’re that concerned with beauty when it’s a toss up between poppies or a completely insect- and weed-free crop.
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#Haiku Happenings #5: Jane Doughertyโs latest #tanka for my current #haikai challenge!
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