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family haiku 1 [by my wife Mary]

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The Goddess is fierce.
She never compromises–
in wisdom she waits.

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This entry was posted in New Writing, Poetry and tagged goddess, haiku, poetry on February 19, 2014 by Jeff Schwaner.

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2 thoughts on “family haiku 1 [by my wife Mary]”

rbhexem February 19, 2014 at 10:08 pm

good one. i certainly can relate……

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Poesea February 20, 2014 at 2:52 am

both family haikus are beautiful

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