Anne of Green Gables

haiku for a dearly loved book

By Sonia Heidi UnruhPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read

Orphan dreams, despairs,

talks, talks, breaks slate, makes friends, blooms ...

finally belongs.

*Indebted to Judey Kalchik for launching this Book Review Haiku challenge, and inspired by so many wonderful poetic summaries! If anyone else has already haiku'd Anne, I'm sorry I missed it -- please let me know in the comments.*

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About the Creator

Sonia Heidi Unruh

I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.