At War . . .

War cemeteries

Quanto freddo - anche
nelle tombe i soldati
son messi in fila

Yamazaki Hisao (1927 - nel 1999 era ancora in vita)
trad. di Araki Tadao e Ettore Corò, Empirìa 1999

Such coldness
even in their graves
soldiers are lined up

trans. Moussia

"Memory for ever!"
on the sunken grave
fresh grass

Olga
USA

Yesterday was poppy day here in New Zealand which raises money for war veterans and commemorates the wars where Australian and New Zealand forces fought alongside each other. In the bloody fields of the First World War there was a time of huge loss of young lives. Growing in those fields were seas of wild poppies. Anzac day does not glorify war but rather asks we all think about the high price paid for all the people involved.

as shells scream
blood soaks the earth ~
a sea of red poppies

Craig McLanachan

"Nam memorial
a rusted peace button
taped over a name

- John J. Dunphy
(originally published in Modern Haiku XXX:3)

dirt---
the memorial of the
innocent

r.wilson

THE WALL - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
by John J. Dunphy

On other sites :

Veteran's Day Rain : Paul David Mena (USA) Simply Wonderful
http://www.lowplaces.net/memorial_ku.html

suddenly I remember every friends name on THE WALL
Michael Rehling (USA)