Locusts Fly Low

locusts fly low
over rice paddies
in the dim sunlight                             Masaoka Shiki

low buzz of devastation
a dark storm cloud of hunger           Kim M. Russell, 14th September 2018

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My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: locusts fly low

Today’s haiku is by Masaoka Shiki, who gave haiku its name and died in 1902 at the age of 34.

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