at hiroshima
cranes ease pain
This haiku is my response to Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 347 ACHE and Ease. Visit this site to see many other haiku responses from around the world.
Also I am adding another haiku and photo to remember Hiroshima. I first visited the Peace Park and Museum in 1990 with Jill and brought each of my school groups here. Our students would make 1000 peace cranes with their sister school hosts in Osaka and leave them at the Sadako memorial in the Peace Park. A vist to the Peace Museum is a chilling reminder of the horror of nuclear weapons and the stupidity of war.
nimble fingers hiroshima cranes signs of peace
Haiku hound 
Lovely achy haiku…left me hushed to “remember”.
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Thanks Zelda for your empathetic response to the haiku.
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You’re most welcome–that pretty much sums up the kind of blog reader I am 🙂
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Beautiful images and poignant haiku Denis. It’s very moving to see all the paper cranes made by the children and so good you were able to take them there 💜
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Thanks Xenia. Hiroshima is essential on the school trip itinerary. Almost all students come out in tears.
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Never forget – absolutely.
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Every politician should visit this museum. Even Trump may have been moved!!!!!!
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hearts coming together in love…
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So true Annette. Thanks.
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A moving tribute. I’ve never made a paper crane but I imagine it be a meditative activity.
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Origami is meditative and this shrine to Sadako at the Peace Park is a very calming place as well.
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Wow! That must be something to see in person. Very meaningful haiku, Denis. What a time that was!!
Pat
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It sure is, a very poignant reminder of the senselessness of war. The peace museum in Nagasaki is very different, smaller with lots of photos and messages but not a huge range of items. Also in 1990 Nagasaki when I was there Europeans, ie white non Asians) were treated cooly.
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Re cooly.. given the history I can see why.
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