Friday

Friendly Fire - A Haiku Revue


(Written upon request of Mad Kane’s prompt on “temper” and Read-Write-Poem’s “study in contrasts” prompt.)


Friendly Fire –
A Haiku Revue

Temper tossed away,
Clipping pins from live grenades,
Lobbing verbal bombs.

Hair-trigger anger,
Set off by a sudden noise,
Post-traumatic stress.

Who did this to you?
And who painted the target
On peacemaker’s back?

Call off the bombers.
The secret snipers are gone.
No reason to shoot.

c2008 by Linda Ann Nickerson


8 comments:

  1. Very nice job! Thanks for participating in my temper prompt.

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  2. Thought your analogies were right on.!

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  3. i don't know what it is about humans that allows us to be so explosive... i was once a very angry person.. but i have mellowed to nothingness with age.....

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  4. Just the first line speaks volumes! I liked this very much.

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  5. wow, filled w/motion and sounds ku...

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  6. this is so nicely written; perfect 5-7-5 structure and the word choices are perfect as well!

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