family vacation
the tangled roots
that trip us
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Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff
Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff, originally from Northern California, has spent the last 39 years in America’s Heartland. Her poems, both long and short forms, have been widely published in magazines, juried journals, and anthologies in the U.S. and abroad. She has taught courses and workshops on writing, and judged writing contests at the local, national, and international level, including having served as a judge for the Haiku Society of America’s (HSA) Gerald M. Brady Memorial Award. A collection of linked verse she co-authored was shortlisted for the 2019 Haiku Foundation Touchstone Book Award and received First in the Marianne Blugar Book Awards from Haiku Canada in 2020. View all posts by Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff
This rings true and you've said it so well. Thanks, Valerie
Thank you, Jo.
tangled roots of time
families that weave their stress
such blends giving hope
__Often… such hearts weave, secures their baskets
Oh, I love this, Magyar!
Perfect poem!!! I just returned from a family vacation and your haiku rings so true!
Thank you so much, John.
Some wrongdoings, no matter how seemingly insignificant or how much time has passed, will rise to the surface and ”trip us.” A well observed truth, Valorie.
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