Haiku in English: Aug. 20, 2026
war ruins--not a single window leftfor the moon--Hifsa Ashraf (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay
We haven't written up this one. The Mainichi has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
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