Sara Tropper
Thoughts upon contemplating interceptor debris at a campfire
The loon is clearly displaced. A Pacific variety—thinner neck and bill, broader neck strap—marks it as lost in Eilat. The birder is speaking to a small group of refugees blown in from the war. The topic is vagrancy.
out of range the missile’s swan song
About the Author
Sara Tropper recently published her first poetry collection, White Heat (Red Moon Press, 2025). Two of her haiku were short-listed for a 2024 Touchstone Award. She lives in Israel with her husband, children, grandchildren, and dog. To learn more, visit her website, soaringsentences.com.
Timely. Birds sometimes are caught up by the whims of nature and sadly, human beings by the whims of the powerful.
So much sad today.
The short sharp focused haibun. Nobody does it better than Tropper
Thank you, David. I am happy to have discovered haibun.