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Widow

Terri Gentry Ortman 1966 (GA)

June 22 
Haiku
                            WIDOW

Death gave no warning.

His breath stolen in the night,

Her scar-clothed soul survives.

About this poem

I wrote this Haiku because I went through a very traumatic experience and writing has been very therapeutic for me. My hope is that it will touch someone else who has been through a difficult time. The message is that there is hope for survival after experiencing trauma.

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Written on June 20, 2022

Submitted by myeiw on June 28, 2022

Modified on April 05, 2023

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Scheme X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 124
Words 20
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1
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Terri Gentry Ortman

I grew up in a big family in South Carolina, but I moved to Georgia to go to college and decided to stay after graduation. I raised four kids who are all married now, and I have two grandchildren. I became a widow after 32 years of marriage almost 3 years ago, but I have recently remarried. My sweet husband, Robb, and I share a love of writing and he inspired me to send this submission into Reedsy. This is my first writing submission ever, even though I have been writing all my life. more…

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