Monticello Reflection

Jefferson, a man,

Pool a mirror:

Cherry flower carried

On no wind.

Sho – Grun, Hironaka Epoch

Sashimi Seppuku

Drops of blood curdling in

bowl of miso soup.

Life and Death in your face

Like pickled eel: Banzai!

1^st Runner-up, 1967 National Teen-Age Haiku Contest