Five Haiku For An Autumn In Absentia
<p>Autumn, where have you gone? Beyond an absence of swallows, I struggle to find your usual signs. Where’s our rain-fed redemption? Our crunchy leaves? The weather just exceeded thirty degrees. And yet…</p>
<p>Who are we to complain? Like Icarus, this city flies close to the sun! Like his father, we watch on as each wing comes undone.</p>
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<p>To haiku I turn, for the sound of a season.</p>
<p>A mindful minute, to stand witness to this unfathomable age. Seeking words, images, phrases, that can’t be wiped out by <em>Climate Change</em>.</p>
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