buffeting wind
a child blowing bubbles
from her wounds
This haiku was specially commended in the Martin Lucas Haiku Award 2024 and appeared in Issue 78 of Presence Magazine in the UK. I wrote it after seeing the devastations in Gaza, Ukraine and the Sudan where children were so often the innocent victims of indiscriminate attacks. I think it captures the shock and horror of seeing these things on television and feeling helpless about it.