Alan Peat

A convoy of tanks closing in on a crossword

The six o’clock explosions have stopped; the war has moved inside the paper. 

T.V. dinner —
a phone
turns down
the crackling
guns

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About the Author

Alan Peat is a UK-based poet and author. His work has featured in Frogpond, Mayfly, Heliosparrow, The Heron’s Nest, Presence, Hedgerow, and Blithe Spirit, among others. He was runner-up in the 2021 British Haiku Society’s Ken and Norah Jones Haibun Award and joint third-place winner in the 2022 Time Haiku ekphrastic haibun contest.