Haibun, Poem

Little Foxes

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday: ‘silver’.
Our host Frank asks us to write a haibun with
the word ‘silver’ as our inspiration. This is my haibun.

© Vintage Fashions

When I was a very small girl, I remember my mother wearing a silver fox fur stole. Other than her wedding rings, that stole was the most expensive item she owned. She lovingly and carefully stored it in a box in her bedroom closet. Sometimes I would sneak into her closet and open the box to run my hands across the sleek fur. Mom proudly wore her beautiful silver stole to church; I’d snuggle up close, nuzzling my nose into the soft fur and I’d always fall asleep during the sermon. The first time I noticed the two little fox heads on Mom’s shoulder, it startled me; I thought it was so terribly sad knowing their lives were taken to make the stole. I would whisper words of comfort to the twin foxes and that made me feel less sad about their lot in life. I loved my mother’s fur stole but when I grew up, I never wore fur.

gentle silver drape
soft fur, once ran wild and free
whispers of a life


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This is “Let It Be” by the Beatles

Haibun Monday 8-4-25: Silver

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44 thoughts on “Little Foxes”

    1. It’s quite the trauma for a young child, isn’t it? Had it not been for the two little foxes, I’m sure I would have gone on thinking of my mother’s stole as something innocuous, something soft and comforting. It’s a different time, fortunately.

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  6. My mom had a stole with one head (can’t remember her ever wearing it) but one was enough to freak me out. Of COURSE I had to touch the hard, pointy nose.
    Let It Be is the perfect comfort song!

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  7. Thank you for sharing the song video – so beautiful and moving. 🥹 Your story reminded me of my maternal grandmother’s furs. No fox heads but I remember touching them in her closet and having similar feelings to yours. Sweet and sad visualizing your story. 💝

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  9. My mother had this very large fur coat I never actually saw her wear. In the coldest of winter when the wood stove was struggling to keep us all warm, she would drape this and other coats over our beds. I couldn’t stop thinking about the animals when I got the coat, but boy was it warm!

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    1. Same here, Jim. It’s odd how people in general feel leather is ok but fur is not. I don’t seem to be able to eschew animal products entirely. I think if someone claims to be an animal activist, they need to be a little more honest about the subject than I am!

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      1. I don’t have any deep convictions either way on this issue, but we live in a dog-eat-dog world and if something can be put to good use, I am for that, but I can also see why people frown on others for wearing fur just to be extravagant.

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