Taxonomical Differences

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

Photo by Vanessa Ochotorena

I cringe at the weeds
While my kids dash through the yard
Naming them flowers

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