Haibun for Annie Hawkes
Annie Hawkes, an eight-year-old girl in Alamogordo, would gather green glass pebbles formed by nuclear tests and take them home in boxes to place under her bed because they glowed in the dark. She and two of her sisters developed numerous cancers, as well as bone and thyroid diseases. Hawkes says 95 percent of the girls she went to school with in Alamogordo contracted some form of cancer or thyroid disease.
in New Mexico
radioactive grasses
food for cows in spring
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gather green glass pebbles
even and stayed in
reverberating waves..
bravo!
Beautifully rendered.
Damn Linda! This is so effective. The haiku is perfect.
Powerful haibun.
Great haibun! Very effective and concise.
Beautiful tribute!
still pondering the cows
Wow! So heart-felt. And this newbie to poetry has learned yet another poetic form today. Thank you!
This is great as a haibun. Well done!
Love the form and the ominous haiku- perfect!
Ominous is a great word for it. Well done, Linda!
Great form for the subject! The haiku devastates.
the tie-in from form to tests that lead to such devastation in searing – was it your intention, or just a fantastic way to retell a frightening story with echoes even now? Thought-provoking!