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Poet Sam Hammill was invited to have lunch at the White House with Laura Bush on February 12th to celebrate the Voice of the American Poet.  Sam sent out a request to all poets for a poem or letter of conscience to include in an anthology to present to The First Lady.  Not surprisingly, the luncheon was canceled.  The anthology, however, exists.  Visit http://poetsagainstthewar.org/
 
Here, my contribution of Haiku:

  

red drops gleam

catching setting sun's last rays

father, brother scream

  

blood seeps from her

the setting sun's light warms

our dying mother's face

  

rockets explode

a butterfly of color

in my father's chest

  

toddler falls

neighbors fleeing

crush her limbs

  

eight years old

my back against a stone house wall

I watch neighbors die

  

bombs threaten children

nation's leader's ladies

gather for lunch and poems

 

                                    (c) 2003 Linda Lockett Eisele
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