Yes I would need an Olympic-sized pool! This is an excellent and very new (to me) haiku. Not only did I appreciate your finding haiku in new places but bringing in Mom's guilt as water was spot on for me. Thanks!
Wow, Christina, such a poignant verse! In so few syllables you strike to the heart of parenthood. It all comes back – all our inadequacies and insecurities – and you prompt us to recall the tears of our own little ones, and the hidden tears of guilt we may have shed in secret.
September 17th, 2015 at 9:56 am
Better be a big pool! Wonderful haiku.
September 17th, 2015 at 10:27 am
Powerful haiku.
September 17th, 2015 at 11:10 am
Yes I would need an Olympic-sized pool! This is an excellent and very new (to me) haiku. Not only did I appreciate your finding haiku in new places but bringing in Mom's guilt as water was spot on for me. Thanks!
September 18th, 2015 at 12:46 am
Brilliant, Christina. So well observed! :)
marion
September 21st, 2015 at 4:28 am
Wow, Christina, such a poignant verse! In so few syllables you strike to the heart of parenthood. It all comes back – all our inadequacies and insecurities – and you prompt us to recall the tears of our own little ones, and the hidden tears of guilt we may have shed in secret.
Powerful haiku! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Strider