Let the Little Children

a Good Friday lune poem about children being crucified in the name of the empire

A lune poem is also known as an “American Haiku.” A haiku uses 5-7-5 syllable structure, a lune shortens that by using a 3-5-3 syllable structure. (As in, 3 syllables in the first line, 5 in the second line, and 3 in the third line.) Today I am thinking of these poetic forms as a flaunting of empires, for both countries have done imperialistic atrocitie…