Hope. Dreams. Life... Love: Saturday Sample and Weekend Writing Warriors: Purp...

Hope. Dreams. Life... Love: Saturday Sample and Weekend Writing Warriors: Purp...: This week I'm starting a few excerpts from my Wild Rose Press release, Purple Heart. Purple Heart is available at  http://amzn.to/2cuW4r...

Back in the early 1970s, I enjoyed reading a series of war comics that were created by a World War II veteran. At the end of each story, he always put a panel saying "War No More." I don't think that anyone can come away from combat with scars either visible or invisible. 

Troiku Challenge 2019 #4: Spring Snow

Spring Snow

spring snow
purifies earth and heaven –
our enemies perish

spring snow
hearing the army's approach
grows red with spilled blood

purifies earth and heaven
the god of war triumphant
the bodies burning

our enemies perish
we see our enemy's face
when looking in glass

Mizuhara Shûôshi & Cie

Notes:

The "sleigh" in this grim Troiku was written by Mizuhara Shûôshi (9 Oct 1892–17 July 1981). The three horses of the Apocalypse were created by me.

30 Days of Haiga 2017 Day 26 + OctPoWriMo 2017 Day 10: Seeds of War

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