Black Dog

“You know”, he confided, “I want to walk in front of a truck. My little girls would be much better off. I am the reject of the family. My wife tells lies. I tell lies to cover up my illness, to avoid the shame.”

Christmas day
gifts of all colours
and shapes

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Bett Angel-Stawarz

Bett Angel-Stawarz lives in Barmera, South Australia and is addicted to writing Japanese form poetry. She has been published in print and electronically in Australia and internationally. She is also the Food Lady to five cats.

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  3. Pingback: Gifts of All Colors (Or, what’s a haibun?) | elephant journal

  5. Thank you John, Dirk and @andreochka for your high praise of my haibun. I am still a novice but I am enjoying my Japnese form poetry journey.

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