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Rich Erlich, Haiku Variations

American writes
loose haiku to catch
a vision of Vietnam.


Armless urchin begs
pity and money from rich
Dioxin makers.


Enemies make peace.
Tense reconciliation:
My Lai remembered.


Socialist capitalists
build/unbuild Ho's dream:
hopeful paradox.


Among the gentlest
of us we find warriors:
bright contradiction.


Capstones close arches;
classmates transform into friends;
good journeys unite.