In the Plaza
A Haiku in response to Haiku Hub’s Prompt: Wish
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1 min readJan 18, 2018
Beggar sits, hungry
Lovers toss coins in fountain
Wet sleeves, wish granted
Owen Banner spent his childhood baptized in the red dirt of Mandeville, Jamaica and his adolescence in the neon morass of Manila in the Philippines. He’s lived in or traveled to countries all over the planet, nourished by their people and cultures. These diverse voices plant the seeds of his stories, which twist genre and seek new perspectives. Discover more at owenbanner.com