At War . . .

American Civil War

museum display
a civil war medal
pinned to a mannequin

Cindy

Rippling the surface
the South shall rise again
skipping stones moon

[c 2003 thomas fortenberry]

Gettysburg -
the children pause
to watch a dove

H. Gene Murtha, USA
The Heron's Nest, Vol.4 #10
Mad Poets Review, Vol.17, 2002

civil war trench
             echoes of the wind
where they once threw
                                   grenades*

*Fort Davidson State Historic Site (USA)

Cindy

Georgia courthouse lawn
two rusted cannons
pointed north

John J. Dunphy
(originally published in Brussels Sprout X:3)

Links

Civil War Haiku - Melissa M. Whelan
http://www.civilwarhaiku.com/