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Healing with Haiku

Blog Post by Kelly Tweeddale - Oct.18.2012 - 12:52 am

There are days that are so intense that they leave me with very few words. That's when I turn to the haiku with it's spare and frugal honesty.

Capitulation

Sorry is a word
that’s tossed around carelessly
before bruises show

Keywords:

haiku
NaBloPoMo
Poetry

Comments

Annette Talbert

Oct.18.2012 - 6:14 pm

Kelly, I can certainly

Kelly,

I can certainly relate. A long, draining day will leave me almost speechless.

Poetry seems to be the only outlet.

Enjoyed your haiku.

Annette

About Kelly

Kelly Hargrave Tweeddale was born on April 12, 1960, exactly 100 years after the beginning of the Civil War. It is no wonder that her mother scrawled next to her name in her baby book "warrior" and she has lived up to the name by surviving many a battle and...

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