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Baby's Breath

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Baby's Breath

An image-inspired haiku

Dascha Paylor
Jan 18
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Baby's Breath

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Gentle spray of white

As sweet as baby’s first breath

Bouquet’s afterthought


I’m finding myself more drawn to writing haiku these days (Curse you

Weirdo Poetry
). They won’t replace my stories, but you may see more of them.

I created the image above the haiku a few days before I decided to write the haiku. My mind wandered to the interesting choice to name this flower after a baby’s breath. Maybe it was because it seems so delicate? If anyone reading this knows the reason, please provide it in the comments.

As I was writing and rewriting the haiku, I created a few more images to go with the second and third lines.

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