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pulling strings

by howard

March 19th, 2010

Posted in handwritten haiku

Tagged with anniversaries, autonomy, democratization, foreign policy, green zone, inorganic democracy, iraq, lamentations, movie quotes, politics, protest, status quo, u.s. government, war, war on terror

monument

this is what happens
when we fail to understand
the value of life.

by howard

September 13th, 2008

Posted in haiku

Tagged with 9/11, afghanistan, appreciation, bucks county, death, dysfunction, eternal war, foreign policy, human nature, humanity, impatience, inconsistency, introspection, iraq, meaning, memorials, obsession, perspective, poverty, preoccupation, survival, terrorism, thoughtless actions, war on terra, war on terror

keeping tabs

passed it ev’ry day
but only took a picture
once I moved away.

by howard

August 17th, 2008

Posted in scrawl

Tagged with afghanistan, bucks county, international implications, iraq, langhorne, pa, politics, protest, small town, tributes, veterans, visuals, war on terror

homecomings

we love homecomings
even more than we hated
to send you away.

by howard

May 9th, 2008

Posted in haiku

Tagged with afghanistan, homecomings, iraq, photos, u.s., veterans, war, war on terror

weak apology

to the bug I crushed:
it was nothing personal,
just a cruel reflex.

photo: the flat character

by howard

April 26th, 2008

Posted in haiku

Tagged with awareness, death, human nature, humanity, injustice, iraq, perspective, societal ills, squashed bugs, thoughtless actions, war on terror

knocking wood

anniversary
no one celebrates, except
the true believers.

by howard

March 19th, 2008

Posted in haiku

Tagged with bush, defeatist rhetoric, eternal war, iraq, mccain, politics, shock and awe, war on terra

who we are

the things we accept,
those we defend without shame,
reveal who we are.

by howard

February 29th, 2008

Posted in haiku

Tagged with abu ghraib, afghanistan, bagram, detainee abuse, foreign policy, identity, iraq, taxi to the dark side, torture, u.s., war on terra, who we are

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