headstone inscription
the vocabulary
beyond her years

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Lorraine A Padden

Lorraine A Padden is a Touchstone Award winning poet and former professional ballet dancer whose career and scholarship in the performing and visual arts earned her an appointment to the National Endowment for the Arts. Her poetry has been honored by The Haiku Foundation, Tricycle Magazine, Haiku Society of America, Tokutomi International Haiku Competition, and the British Haiku Society, among others. Lorraine is a featured poet in A New Resonance 13, the renowned anthology showcasing emerging voices in English-language haiku. Upwelling, her critically acclaimed collection of haiku and related short forms was published in 2022.

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  1. vocabulary is so vital isn't it?

    A fascinating haikai verse. Is the headstone of a child, or a child attending the gravesite and wise and sad beyond her years. Powerful!

    Alan

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