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For Winter Roses poetry contest 

Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose

October 31, 2025
Winter Roses

Winter Roses-Mystic

frost on winter roses
mother’s adult bibs arrive
in time for supper

she is bedridden 
ninety first birthday today
both joy and sorrow 

Mom remains stoic
from greatest generation
to funeral plans

Thirty years a nurse
hospice nurses now caring
for her ~ life cycles
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Etgen-Baker Avatar
November 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
what a touching and beautifully unique series of Haikus...a great contest response.
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