Denis M. Garrison is a poet and editor. His well-received collection of free and formal verse, Sailor in the Rain and Other Poems, is currently in print as are his haiku collections, Hidden River, Eight Shades of Blue, and Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir. Garrison edits the respected journals Modern English Tanka and Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku. He owns and operates the MET Press, a small publishing house specializing in fine verse.
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Haiku Noir on War



grenade in flight—
my enemy’s face
suddenly reminds me of . . .

                                                                  after the shell blast—
                                                                  a wet warmth . . .
                                                                  a spreading chill

                                                                                                                                    war talk—
                                                                                                                                    those who do not know
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from Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir
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