that which splits apart comes together
that which is agitated becomes tranquil
that which never moves has movement all around
Tag Archives: haiku
Haiku: Arrival of Autumn
In response to SeasonWords this week: Mist creeping down the hillsSlinking unseen under the door sills at night…We pull the blankets a little tighter Dark clouds above yielding a bright circle of glorious blue Behind and around darkly echoing thunder and rainGinger, our dog, shivering in her cubby hole Yesterday arrived our cast iron woodContinue reading “Haiku: Arrival of Autumn”
Layers & Levels Chapter 11 Kitchen Sink Multidimensionality
Ladies and gentlemen, the metaphysical elephant in the room: Mind.
Haiku: Spring 2024
all-encompassing Heaven above
all-manifesting multifarious Earth below
this living, breathing wakeful world is Buddha!
Layers & Levels Chapter Five: Heaven Earth & Man
Venerating the past in itself will not solve the world’s problems. We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life. Nowness, or the magic of the present moment, is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present. When you appreciate a painting or a piece of music or a work of literature, no matter when it was created, you appreciate it now. You experience the same now in which it was created. It is always now.
Layers & Levels: Punto 2
Trudging home in the snow
Each crunch under foot
Telling the tale of our heartbreak
Ekphrastic Haiku: still life with tree and bench
here I sat …
Eight Haiku – Van Gogh
Such sparkling unity of sky and earth
breaks
the pattern of our hearts!
May be haiku; may be not
walking purposefully towards the corner
another approaching too around the bend
we are destined to meet
and then at last suddenly….
a haiku!
in all its morning glory…
Ekphrastic Haiku: Growing into Being
flowing into breathing
is growing into being
trees rooted in rocks
Ekphrastic Haiku: Heaven Earth & Man
misty valleys above
homes huddling below
crossing twixt here and there
Meditation Haiku 2022: #1 – 6
diving into the deep…
no need
to come up grasping
for air
Ekphrastic Tanka #10: Living Olmec
deep down in the earth
high in the heavens
intertwined jungle days and nights
swirling past and future visions
dark enfolds the light
Ekphrastic Tanka Series
hear my ancient call
from mists beyond the hermit’s cell
see the rising dawn
we who gaze with bated breath
journeying from one to all
World War Haiku: Donbass 2017
man in the moment
ruler of all he surveys
casting long shadows…