Me

Om Mani Padme Hum

The prompt this week at Haiku Shuukan is Me purifies greed and possessions (hungry ghost realm)

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hungry ghost lie
enticing our desires
devouring souls

government reform
greed and possessions
tossed out the window

our slaughtered boys lay
in unmarked fields
to placate greed

Ma

Om Mani Padme Hum

The prompt this week at Haiku Shuukan is 'Ma'. 'Ma' purifies jealousy and need for entertainment (realm of the jealous gods)

jealous gods

light the night sky

with fire and imagination

~

He boasts

wearing her beauty

as a badge of honor

one admiring glance

his heart burns with jealousy

~

mirror broken

in a fit of jealousy

passion dies

~

time and temper

cool your heels

balance restored