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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1896) [image courtesy Poets United]
silently truth speaks -
the face of my mother fills
my mirrored gaze
© gillena cox 2018
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER MRS MARY MITCHELL SHE IS 88 TODAY [growing up people always said to me you look like your mother except for your father's brown eyes; and i would say to myself, i hope i grow into my own face]
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Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Truth
Susan is prompting today
Revisit
hibiscus hedges
coconut sweetbread
a photo of my mother
Enjoy The Music
Happy Birthday to your Mother. I suspect you do have your own face, as do I, but I enjoy seeing the relationship in the mirror. That is truth, that relationship, for sure. Neat puzzle of a poem. PS, Once again, I enjoy the music too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Susan. Happy you dropped by to read mine
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Wishing your mother a very happy day. I had a moment like that some years ago when I looked in the mirror and saw my grandmother's face superimposed on mine. Pretty cool. Loved your poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Sherry
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Happy Birthday Mom... :)
ReplyDelete🤗Thanks for dropping by Robert
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Yes, you HAVE spoken truth!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Mary
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Facial features or other attributes do get passed on; I did inherit some skills from my father
ReplyDeleteand other different ones from my mother but when younger I thought I was adopted as I looked like neither of them!
😊thank you for your appreciation Robin
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I love how you've encapsulated that recognition in the small egg of a haiku, Gillena. Happy birthday to your mum!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Kim
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Chip of the old block is lovingly there all the while. Yes, No running away, gillena!
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Thanks for your appreciation Hank
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Happy birthday to your mother, though belated one day. I like your haiku. Appearance-wise, my sister looks more like my mother than I. But I find myself doing something like my mother would do as I get older.
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Thank you for your appreciation Yoko
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This painting may have shocked some people at the time!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the music.
Happy Thursday!
Thanks for your appreciation Hamish
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Your words are beautiful perfection Gillena.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to your mum!
Anna :o]
Thanks for your appreciation Anna
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Yes, my Mother also comes to mind, when we speak of truth. Happy Birthday to your Mom.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Annell
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Beautiful, Gillena. Happy birthday to your mother.
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped by Sumana
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