yellow tape around
the elementary school —
recess bell screams
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Author Notes
My nine-year-old son was at The Cleveland Elementary School Massacre in Stockton, California on January 17, 1989, when 24-year-old Patrick Purdy shot and killed five students and wounded 32 others. wikipedia
From 2000 to 2020 school years, there were 1,375 school shootings at public and private elementary and secondary schools, resulting in 515 deaths and 1,161 injuries. According to Education Week, in 2023, there were 182 school shootings.
according to USA FACTS.ORG, government data
SENRYU is a Japanese short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. Unlike Haiku, senryu is about human nature and doesn't need a season word. It resonates on a deeper level, leaving the reader enlightened and making an insightful connection between the top two lines and the last one, called the SATORI. It's written in 17 syllables OR LESS and three lines.
Thank you very much for reading and reviewing my poems.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis
pictures from my Pinterest account
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