April 20, 2019

words from my father – NaPoWriMo 2019 #20

By Kat Myrman

words from my father

‘choose between career
or family, can’t have both’
his words haunt me still

~kat

A Haiku for today’s NaPoWriMo 2019 Prompt: write a poem that “talks.”

This entry was posted on Saturday, April 20th, 2019 at 7:24 pm and tagged with Challenge, Haiku, NaPoWriMo2019, Poem a Day, Poetry and posted in Challenges and Writing Prompts, Haiku, napowrimo, Poetry, Random Thoughts and Musings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

10 responses to “words from my father – NaPoWriMo 2019 #20”

Ennle Madresan
April 21st, 2019 at 2:32 am

Hmmm….

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Sadje
April 21st, 2019 at 5:39 am

We do both but being a woman it has a tremendous stress on us.

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- Kat Myrman
  April 21st, 2019 at 10:07 am
  
  It does. And those words, because I was a loyal daughter painted my future in muted tones.
  
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  - Sadje
    April 21st, 2019 at 10:40 am
    
    I have heard them too. To some extent they speak the truth that doing both needs a woman to be super-woman.
    
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    - Kat Myrman
      April 21st, 2019 at 10:44 am
      
      Yes. Ultimately it should not have to be a choice.
      
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Peter's pondering
April 21st, 2019 at 7:13 am

Spoken like a man! At least 51% of the population know better.

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willowdot21
April 22nd, 2019 at 10:34 am

May I politely say he was wrong 💜

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- Kat Myrman
  April 22nd, 2019 at 11:17 am
  
  You may…I know he was. I just have a hard time trying to convince the little girl inside.
  
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  - willowdot21
    April 22nd, 2019 at 11:18 am
    
    You tell her she is a success 💜
    
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    - Kat Myrman
      April 22nd, 2019 at 10:49 pm
      
      Thanks Willow…I will. ❤️💜❤️
      
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