mother's face
always beautiful,
to child's eyes
~0~0
daughter's face,
promise of woman,
father's fears
~0~0
a woman in love,
no alterations needed,
fresh as a daisy
"Men look at themselves in mirrors. Women look for themselves. " ~Elissa Melamed
Posted for Poetry Jam: Face The Facts
and Haiku Heights: Renovation
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How very true..touch wood for the love to remain always fresh.. God bless!! excellent haiku all.. Grace.. I can relate to a father's fear..
ReplyDeleteNice progression into this woman's adulthood. I can feel the rest of the story not yet written. Some of it is sad.
ReplyDeleteSo true....my dad always said I was the most beautiful girl and my sons said the same when they were little :)
ReplyDeleteWell penned, Grace. I like the connection b/w generations.
ReplyDeletetrue, my kids are the most beautiful for me LOL:))
ReplyDeleteI have teens of 17 but I adopted them 17 years ago, still think are kids:)
why do I hear Barbra Straisand while reading this poem? :))
ReplyDeleteReally? Maybe its your background music ? Ha..ha...
DeleteYeah many a fathers fears I'm sure..haha...agree with the why they look too.
ReplyDeleteI like this grouping. Tribute to the many faces of women. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteAh... I like the woman in three various stages of her life. Nice work, Grace!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your set of haiku. My favourite is the last but all are special.
ReplyDeleteLovely process of women's development ~ haiku well created ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Grace. Thanks for linking to Poetry Jam. My favorite is the first one. It is such a tender, loving truth.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rendition, Grace! 'father's fears' is very real! Runs smack at fathers who can't decide how much freedom to give!
ReplyDeleteHank
Grace, this was beautiful and you ended it on such an uplifting note!
ReplyDeleteI, too love how you shared in stages :D
A nice chain: truth will out.
ReplyDeleteWow... very touching and happy, this haiku..! lovely... You've captured diffrnt aspects so beautifully...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteAwesome haiku set Grace. Every haiku a gemstone.
ReplyDeleteThe progressive phases from girl to woman ... nicely done!!!
ReplyDeleteDay 20 ~~ Renovations
Some would disagree with you, of course, but aging can be a grace-filled experience...
ReplyDeleteRenovations
offbeat word treat :)
ReplyDeleteas i read one after the other...I was just like "WOW"...a great set Grace... :)
ReplyDeleteAgree with all, beautifully expressed, third one is amazing...and true..sweet.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful thoughts Grace, Enjoyed a lot reading this set :)
ReplyDeleteTrue emotions of woman ...."a woman in love,
no alterations needed," Very touching line :)
fathers fear, woman in love, mothers face.. childs eyes...each one is is beautiful in its own way and pure..
ReplyDeletewow these haiku are so beautiful and wonderful..and each one is true and so apt..thanku for creating such memorable haiku:)
ReplyDeleteYour third is especially striking! Love your haiku!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely. I like each of them, and together they are more than the sum of their parts.
ReplyDeleteRichard
Correct! You have captured the essence in so few words. Just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOMG superb haiku s....
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