March 2022 Blog
Standstill: A Haiku
Just when we thought we
Survived pandemic, we yield
Normalcy to war.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(2/28/22)
My mind grows even more tired. My
heart grows even more weary. I still see no end in sight. Normalcy is again the
victim.
Never, at the beginning of last
month, did I ever imagine I would end up writing this. But for the last six
days, I’ve had little else on my mind but the insanity that is one man’s
megalomaniacal invasion of a sovereign nation in an attempt to rebuild an
empire. Every Haiku for the last six days has be on this absurdity, starting
with “Rude
Awakening” on February 24th.
Rude Awakening: A Haiku
The world woke to war
This day – another scourge with
Dire consequences.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(2/24/22)
Continuing with “Short
Supply” on the 25th, “Untitled” on the 26th,
and “Inconceivable”
on the 27th. The above mentioned “Standstill” was written on
the 28th.
Short Supply: A Haiku
Peace and love to all
Wounded souls this day; would that
Wars were but rumors.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(2/25/22)
Untitled: A Haiku
I am but cold, and
The world holds no warmth but the
Fire, fury of war.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(2/26/22)
Inconceivable: A Haiku
One man’s hubris could
Render unlivable the
World he would conquer.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(2/27/22)
And now continuing with “Odorous
Harbinger” today.
Odorous Harbinger: A Haiku
I would Spring be in
The air without the stench of
Missiles and gunfire.
by Ann Wilmer-Lasky
(3/1/22)
I normally don’t get involved in
political matters or what happens on foreign shores, but I cannot ignore what
is happening now, even if it is halfway around the world. Lives are being disrupted
and people are dying because one man has it in his tiny mind to rebuild an
empire that was dissolved half-a-lifetime ago.
And like the pandemic, we have no
idea where any of this is heading or when it will end. I’m not even sure if
there will be a world left for me to endow with an April Blog (scariest thought
ever).
For it seems, this man (whom we’re
not even sure is in possession of all his faculties) has his fingers literally
on the button that can do more to destroy this world than Mother Nature,
mankind as a whole, and the virus-infected bat population combined.
If that finger slips, we can be
globally involved in a nuclear winter that will make all else moot.
And for what? To rebuild an empire
ala Adolph Hitler (which was tried and failed almost a hundred years ago)?
I know there is nothing I can do or
say that will “amount to a hill of beans” or affect what is happening, but I
have to say something. I can only hope that the powers-that-be can dissuade
this absurdity (or at least lift that finger off the button).
In the meantime, I’ll keep my head
down and continue to write, and edit, and publish as if nothing was dangling
over all our heads waiting to annihilate us and/or make the world uninhabitable
(which amounts to the same thing).
Assuming there is an April, I hope
I can write about Spring and the renewal of the earth with only our normal
problems of pandemic and global warming. (At this point these are the lesser of
the evils that hang over us.)
If you’d like some relief from the
current conflict, check out my Haiku offering on the not much happier subject
of Climate Crisis:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KWQ6SHK/
Until
next time, read and write to your heart’s content. My eclectic collection of
reading matter may take your mind off things. Enjoy.
https://www.amazon.com/author/annwilmerlasky
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Hopefully,
this coming month we can recover from the woes that plague us, and the
following month will find us enjoying a beautiful, peaceful Spring.
