Marilyn Humbert

Manoeuvres

half wake
watching the wind lift
falling leaves
run lightly across grass
towards sunrise

the grumble and clunk of engines grows louder… 

whispering
scythe of bullets
slices
soldiers, communities
across a ripening field

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About the Author

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Her tanka and haiku appear in international and Australian journals, anthologies, and online. Her free-verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions, published online, and in anthologies.