History

“The crimes and ideologies of the past must be rectified at the earliest. The world is a wreck now.”

“If there’s nothing to rectify, will there be any reverence to our service at present times?”

Flower Children

war heroes’ lost lives

flower shower hailed in grave

aimed at blooming peace

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I had two different interpretations of this senryu.

Peace?

Mornings beside the window that’d bring in chill air and pleasant sight from the park, now escorted stench and an unbearable sight.

The new neighbour disturbed Preethi’s peace with her tamed peristeronic flock.

One-Liner Wednesday #7

Stains of Pen & Sword

When one slashes hundreds with a sword in the battlefield and then sitting in the tent chooses to stain the pages through a pen that inks the lost blood, will the pen still be considered mightier?

Credits

This is in response to the ‘One-Liner Wednesday Prompt’ by Linda G. Hill. The challenge is to write a motivational or funny one-liner inspired by ‘The last thing you bought’. The last item I purchased was a pen and a bottle of ink.