selling straw sandals
the beggar’s only daughter
barefoot in the snow
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Barefoot
selling straw sandals
the beggar’s only daughter
barefoot in the snow
Mark M. Redfearn 
Powerful, Mark. The tension in this piece is beautiful and unbearable.
A very strong haiku!
This haiku can’t leave reader indifferent.
Ouch — so sad, so painful — much like the Little Matchstick Girl.
Have you ever heard Garrison Keillor perform it? Powerful stuff.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Keillor perform the Little Matchstick Girl. More’s the pity!
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote:
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Feel free to delete this comment, okay? But I’d be remiss if I didn’t share it. It’s something everybody should listen to once in their life, imho. Among the best.
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Garrison+Keillor+The+Little+Match+Girl
Oh, heavens, I never delete comments! As soon as I’m fully awake, I’m going to enjoy a little time with Garrison. Thanks, Jen!
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Mark M. Redfearn wrote:
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You’re very welcome — enjoy 🙂
Very touching!
A humane haiku, and important.
Very powerful haiku…the image is intensified with the pain of frozen feet.
Yes indeed.. This is an image directly picked from the Little Matchbox girl..
Image stays with me. Powerful Haiku.
This evokes so many memories for me of Mexico and of hearing the Match Girl story as so many have said above… It is something I will revisit many times throughout the day today… Thank you Mark!
So poignant. Need so great that not even a straw sandal can be wasted to cover her poor wee feet.