Protest

“Our lives begin to end

the day we become silent

about things that matter.”

— Martin Luther King

storm of violence

unleashes pent-up anger

force takes breath away

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Storm of Violence ~ Hurricane file photo “Protest” Haiku* by Mary O’Connor

© 2020

* Haiku: a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world


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