I truly love this prompt!! it speaks to me and puts me right where I am in my life.
sifting through
the personal effects
of a spider’s web
an autumn wind loosens
another anchor thread
© Laura Williams (a.k.a. Lolly)
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She lived in the ancestral home by the river…not too long ago; this will be the first autumn without her.
by the river
last of the fallen leaves
gathered
floating in the current
memories of you and me
wintertime,
locking souvenirs –
frozen in time
(c) Tournesol ‘15
Tournesol dans un Jardin 
The locking of which you speak in your haiku never happens here in the desert, but I remember it well from my days in the northeastern U.S. Well done!
At the Dead Man’s House
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Thank you, do you miss the weather up North?
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There have been many first time with for several of us this year. Mom’s birthday is on Sept. 11. Her first not to celebrate in 97 years….
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Oh my, Janice, 9-11 as well:( I will be thinking of you and your family on that day…first are so hard to pass…they all are but the first certainly hardest. I had coffee with a friend today, I had not seen in a few years and she started writing haiku and tanka…go figure the coincidence!! I told her how wrting has helped tremendously in my grief…big hugs to you, Janice xx
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Wow is it snowing where you are?
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No!! it is 30C here…we are still in our heatwave. This photo was taken on the river behind my mom’s home to match the post:) memories frozen in time…actaully taken the day she passed that photo.
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oh goodness, definitely not like that then and well your right memories are frozen in time xx huggles x
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They certainly are.
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Aw, so poignant.
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Yes, it is…I find some prompts in the past year help me work through my grief.
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Writing is a balm. XOXO
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It truly is. I am thinking of proposing something for youths to help them through difficult journeys through writing or drawing.
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Great idea, and fits in the recent trend toward Poetry Therapy.
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I must check that out…
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One of the neighborhood kids ended up doing an internship in it. I thought it was brilliant. 🙂
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I took an intro to art therapy at the end of my degree and regretted not having learned more earlier If I would have stayed in Toronto I would have taken the programme but this poetry business interests me a lot.
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It interests me, too. I think it’s a great idea.
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Well I have proof it helped a counsellor to prevent vicarious trauma on my other website.
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It helped me breathe when I was a teen.
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It helped me stay sane as a teen actually…seeing a counsellor was not acceptable then.
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Likewise.
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