13th July 2006
black smoke over Haifa –
this summer katyushas
arrive with the dawn
white con trails against the blue –
tumbling bombs glitter
in the Beirut sun
in Gaza life ebbs
from a fallen phone
its final message – unread
Udi – are you ok?
me and the cats and dogs
are waiting for you
• The photo shows the second stanza/haiku as a haiga
• The final stanza/haiku is a found haiku comprising the transcript of a text message – as yet still unanswered – the wife of Ehud ‘Udi’ Goldwasser sent her husband when she heard his platoon had been ambushed during the start of what is now known as the Second Lebanon War.