#Haiku Happenings #10: Ken’s latest #tanka is the first #haikai for my current #haikai challenge!
stones worn and faded
time’s toll on memorials
sacrifice honored
flags mark military graves
tradition at ancient fort
My tanka response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #35: Memorial Day
Image: the cemetery at Old Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY,
where the earliest burial appears to be from 1813
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Thank you for the challenge, Frank. I thought I wouldn’t have an opportunity to respond to your prompt while on my trip, but I had been to Fort Niagara, where there is a cemetery dating to the war of 1812, and I was debating whether I would bother posting any photos from the cemetery. Your prompt got me thinking.
Frank J. Tassone-American Haijin by Frank J. Tassone is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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