clinic window

By Sheila Sondik
February 26, 2021
Haiku
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10 thoughts on “clinic window”

Michael Eliastam
March 2, 2021 at 8:35 am

It was easy for me to visualize the picture described. Calmed me. Thank you!

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1. Sheila Sondik
  March 3, 2021 at 3:13 pm
  
  Thank you, Michael. So glad the poem helped.
  
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  1. Alan Summers
    March 3, 2022 at 8:34 am
    
    Dear Sheila,
    
    Just contacted you via your contact page for a permission.
    
    Both Karen and myself love this poem!
    
    warm regards,
    Alan
    
    Alan Summers
    
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    1. Sheila Sondik
      March 3, 2022 at 2:38 pm
      
      So glad! Thank you.
      
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Ed
February 27, 2021 at 6:12 pm

The clinic window gives a sense that whatever you see from it would be tiny. Kind of like looking at the world through a slit

It says to me that there is a big wide world out there, and in that since it is a hopeful piece.

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1. Sheila Sondik
  February 28, 2021 at 5:59 pm
  
  Thanks, Ed!
  
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Pris Campbell
February 27, 2021 at 6:08 am

I read this in a hopeful way. Freedom is out there even when we’re not right now.

Also, as an aside, Bellingham produces some wonderful haiku writers. A talented friend from Pont Roberts used to drive down to attend the haiku meetings there occasionally in the pre-Covid days.

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1. Sheila Sondik
  February 27, 2021 at 1:51 pm
  
  I’m glad you found hope in this poem, Pris. And, yes, it is wonderful that we have so much haiku energy in Bellingham!
  
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Gabrielle Langley
February 26, 2021 at 8:23 pm

I love this haiku! Reading this after a LONG week of working at my healthcare job (in the Texas aftermath of the recent ice storm crisis) this haiku really brightened my mood. Thank you for this! For me, it could not have come at a better time!

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1. Sheila Sondik
  February 27, 2021 at 2:01 pm
  
  Gabrielle–I’m SO glad that you found this uplifting. My husband had a long career as a doctor in community clinics, so I know something about those long days and weeks. Nothing makes me happier than hearing that some bit of my creative work has been helpful to someone else. Thank you for your comment, and, especially, for your work.
  
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