Baldness- a Haiku

Rissa Watkins
My haiku about the day 14 surprise I received during chemo treatments for Leukemia.

Changes overnight

Hair flutters down the pillow

must embrace baldness

Published by Rissa Watkins

Rissa is a freelance writer whose first love is fiction. Her contest winning short story has been published in the book "Elements of the Soul", and she is currently working on her first novel. She is availab...   View profile

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  • kimberly brueland 5/28/2011

    beautiful and god bless you and yours

  • Wiley Vaughn 5/13/2011

    Way to hang in there, kid!

  • Britt Baker 4/11/2011

    Great haiku, Rissa! Very much luck to you! :)

  • Britt Baker 4/11/2011

    Great haiku, Rissa! Very much luck to you! :)

  • Diane Z. Ciatto 3/28/2011

    Bald is certainly beautiful in your case, Rissa!!! Love ya!!

  • Langley Cornwell 2/19/2011

    You are so beautiful Rissa.

  • Han Van Meegerin 2/11/2011

    No worries! You look great!

  • Lynn Pritchett 1/24/2011

    "Embrace!" What a most wonderful description of your new beauty style - Just think of the hair product money you are saving right now :-) Always sending you my positive energy and prayer.

  • Lori Gunn 1/20/2011

    My good friend Bunny got the most incredible black, curly hair - better than her dark brown that she lost, says.

  • John Myers 1/17/2011

    Well done!

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