senryu of lost soldiers
Marines and Dogs
senryu of lost soldiers
modern inventions
fate of curious soldiers
voices lost in fog
restless fortitude
progressing unshakably
dangerous landscape
temp’ramental fate
fortitude during setbacks
resilient lives
Written for:
Prompt #109 – Fate
Also written for:
This week’s theme is: Fortitude
Also written for:
challenge 308 – “modern”
Also written for:
Fireblossom Friday #4 — I Love A Man (Or Woman) In Uniform!
Photo Credit: See pictures of heroic dogs in the military
Posted on March 3, 2012, in Haiku Heights, Sunday Scribblings, You Know that Blog and tagged haiku, Haiku Heights, heroic dogs, heroic dogs in military, kenia cris, military verse, senryu, soldier verse, sunday scribblings, unshakably fortitude, unshakably soldiers, You know that Blog. Bookmark the permalink. 30 Comments.
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ZONGRIK 
Powerful haiku ~ speaking for soldiers ~ thanks, namaste, carol
Reminds me of the luxuries I enjoy and helps to put my civilian troubles in perspective! Thanks for sharing,
Jeanne
I think of the soldiers missing on the islands during WWII… and of the Japanese soldiers hiding in the jungle that weren’t discovered for decades and didn’t realize the war was over.
this is powerful and thought provoking too. well done with the prompt.
Beautifully descriptive haiku! Especially love the line “temperamental fate”!
A difficult subject and well tackled.
how does one express the horrer of it all.
I like voices in the fog and dangerous landscapes ~
Great set of haiku Zongrik. I love the imagery you paint with your words.
It’s a courageous and heroic fate, bigger than life, really.
I read Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun when I was younger and I realized just how lost some of those voices were.
This is brave and beautiful for you to do.
Very thoughtfully written. Well done!!
powerful imagery created ~~ nicely done, zongrik!
Zongrik, all are powerful in imagery, but they seem to be awry in syllable counts mainly in their first lines! Do have a check!
Thanks. I edited them. I really do appreciate that you pointed this out.
Beautiful still after the edits 🙂 I like that last line most.. resilient lives.. yes, soldiers do have that, and if they’re lost, then that resilience is needed by their families too.
i think the edits made them better. 😉
Oh. Good in that case 😉 Glad to have helped.
Thank you for visiting my blog! I love this piece. It paints such a vivid picture,
As a lot of my family is in the military – Thank you. That is an amazing poem
A great poem. You worded it so neatly and quite to the point, at the same time. “resilient lives” … Thank you!
Best, M.
This is powerful & intense… a tribute to those who place their lives on the line in service to their country!
voices lost in fog – haunting powerful line.
Excellent and powerful words.
Thanks for being a part of FBF!
full of drama and highlights vividly the dangerous path these people tread on behalf of others.
x
“progressing unshakably” I find that really striking.
Lest we forget.. Nice tribute, and well done x
This is a great series of haiku. Very powerful.
I get a haunted and sad feeling in this intermingled with the bravery and fortitude…very powerful and meaningful write.
It’s the resilience, I think, that gets us through fateful days and ways.
Fate Has Blessed Them
Very powerful words…loved the way you wrote them