Tuesday September 28th, 2021

The exercise:

Write two haiku about: hand-me-downs.

3 comments:

Greg said...

Now if this connects with yesterday's prompt, it's clear that someone with a blind-spot has provided one of the boys with a hand-me down that has turned out to be somewhat inappropriate... you've been gifted a second-hand snake, perhaps? (I lost track of Mr. Wriggles, I guess he never made the trip to the new house with you. So let's call this one Ms. Slithery :) )

Hand-me-downs
All your hand-me-downs
Are pick-me-ups of spring joy
And cheerful colours!

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Um, this hand-me-down,
is a leg-me-down, plus foot.
Where did you get it??

morganna said...

Perfectly good clothes
Outgrown before they're outworn
On to the next child.

Sometimes, families
Pass down trauma, fear, grief
Instead of just clothes.

Marc said...

Greg - no. Just... no.

Hah, that second haiku would be rather concerning, wouldn't it?

Morganna - really like the middle line of your first haiku. And your second haiku is, unfortunately, very true - it's something Kat deals with in her counselling work quite a bit.