haiku – car trip
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA car triptank filled on creditfossil remains First published: contemporary haibun online 17.3 (Dec 2021)
Haiku – flight cancelations
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA flight cancellations overheated birds fall from the sky Pressing Matters: Haiku, Senryu and Haibun…
Haiku – late fall
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA call it what you willlate fallroses still in bloom bottle rockets #38 (2016)
Arborcide
Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Mother maples, and their promised seedlings and saplings, filter pollutants from the air.…
Three Haiku by Caroline Giles Banks
Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA sun and windunfundedwhat on earth? tsuri-doro #27 (May/June 2025) lilacs re-bloomspringdiscombobulates bottle rockets #52 (February…
The Eye of the Beholder
Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The Eye of the BeholderIn the Company of Burtynsky and Basho Edward Burtynsy’s…
Silent Waters
By Caroline Giles Banks - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Silent Waters An Installation by Pritika Chowdhry, 2023 Chowdhry’s 101 larger-than-life ceramic feet…
Tick-Tock
By Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA In 1947, when time was kept in a pocket or worn on the wrist,…
Sticks and Stones
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA In its March 2025 quarterly update theOxford English Dictionary added 42 new words from other languages.…
The Man of the Hole
By Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA His hut hidden in the rainforest from outsiders, the last known member of an…
Clarion Call
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA Hagia Sophia, the magnificent complex in Istanbul, was built in the 6th century as a…
d’Esperanto
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA August 2024. Afghan women must veil their bodies completely in public—faces included. The Taliban muzzles…
Wakes and Wails
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA She knows how to swim. She does not want to swim.Her hesitation is more than…
Words Beyond Wars
Caroline Giles BanksMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA War tramples Kyiv culture.The art museum’s windows are blown out.The concert hall is shrouded in…