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The Sound of Your Absence

When Doves Cry

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 2 months ago • 1 min read
The Sound of Your Absence
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We fight and we fight

But when you are at last gone

That’s when the doves cry


Author’s Note: This is day two of the fifty-day song/lyric-inspired haiku challenge for me. Today’s song is “When Doves Cry” by Prince, which you can listen to below.

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Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com

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