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Hospice window (a haiku)

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Mary Kendall

My first time in this journal.

 

Haiku Canada Review, October 2018

 

 

hospice window

cherry blossoms

fade and fall

 

heart in pink

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Posted in haiku, lyrical poetry, Mary Kendall poetry, meditative poetry, poems of grief, poems of loss, Poems of Sadness, Poems of Sorrow, poetry, senryu, small poems | Tagged cherry blossoms, hospice window poem | 15 Comments
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