Sunday, January 17, 2010

The Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti

(in Japanese Tanka)














Chinaware arrived
With haste they want to save lives
On jet from Beijing
With earthquake-relief supplies
Eight Chinese police have died

Straight queues before us
UN rules, when serving kai
Ignore them, surely we leave
Bald eagle's fast-food rains down
Manners tanked feeds starving eyes.

Commonsense applied
No horse; then you must ride cow
Jungle medicine
On bloody folks everywhere
Real doctors needed we pray.

© Paterika Hengreaves
January 14, 2010/Barbados


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