MAY 6, 2012 10:12PM

Mother's Day Haiku Challenge

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her heart ceased to beat
loudly and suddenly, not
deafening quiet
 
twenty years later
cut! yank! "Why is it so bright?!?!"
thundering again
 
my ear to his chest
rising softly, tick tock tick
oh, for her to hear...
 
 
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She dug and planted

Fed, watered and protected

Four hellraising kids.
Kim Gamble
May 06, 2012 11:23 PM
waiting for daughters,
who forgot about curfew,
asleep on the couch
jlsathre
May 06, 2012 11:45 PM
These are great! It is interesting to see where the memory takes us first and then onward.
Elizabeth Priddy
May 06, 2012 11:49 PM
Mother-guilt and fear

submit to joyful moments;

Motherhood's reward
Natalie Not Pedantic
May 07, 2012 03:15 AM
I think I only just understood yours, Elizabeth.


she stood at the door

his chest pumped rhythmically

then, "we've lost him, sis."
Kim Gamble
May 07, 2012 09:12 PM
Thanks for reading it more than once!
Elizabeth Priddy
May 07, 2012 10:11 PM