Origin Story

A Haiku in response to Haiku Hub’s Prompt: Mud

Photo by Christopher Campbell

Primordial clay
Dripping tears of contention
Loved, breathed, hoped, released

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