Valentine’s Day—

the roses this year

smell faintly of blood

(First published online at www.poetsagainstthewar.org)

Tax day—

every dollar will buy

a piece of flesh, of bone

(First published online at www.poetsagainstthewar.org)

Hiroshima Day—

in my heart, I release

a thousand cranes

(First published online in 2004 at www.wagingpeace.org)

Memorial Day—

row after row of gravestones

stand at attention

From the Fall 2007 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 24, No. 1)

© 2007 Karma Tenzing Wangchuk