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What a Doll

For Poppy’s Challenge

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
What a Doll
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Author’s Note: The following is for Poppy’s most recent prompt/challenge. To participate, follow the link below.

A Babushka doll

Blushing cheeks, colorful clothes

Painted and pretty

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A Babushka doll

Firm, smooth, perfectly fragile

Solidly crafted

*

A Babushka doll

Large then small and small again

More and more complex

*

A Babushka doll

The tiniest of them all

Cracked and forgotten

*

A Babushka doll

Nesting inside another

Hide from prying eyes

*

A Babushka doll

Falling out into my hand

Unloved and worn down

*

A Babushka doll

Newly cleaned and refurbished

Now revitalized

*

A Babushka doll

Tucked back in her resting place

A smile on her face

Photo by Iza Gawrych on Unsplash

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About the Creator

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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