April 19: Poem 19

Like boys from the sea

to the beach of Normandy
I am back to school.

Notes

For a haiku, this went through a number of mental edits. I was going to put the boys on something (a barge?), was going to be 'towards' the beaches or 'upon' the beaches, and the last line might have started 'I go back'. However, I wanted a sense of inevitability to the whole thing. Fate is somehow driving the bus here. Wish I could have fit 'unto' into line 2 but couldn't get it down to 7 syllables.

I realized that 'haiku comics' would be a fun project. I Googled it - someone already did that :(. However, mine would be a lot different. Haikomix? Haikumic? Something like that. Hmmm.
Anyway, as the poem tells you, I'm off to school.