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High Desert Haiku
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 9:38 am
by sooZen
windows rattle
next to my chair
I quake
...
old chinaberry tree
splits in the wind
destiny
...
cold winds
even the blossoms
are fools
...
prayer flags
the wind horse
takes flight
...
who cares?
not the mountain
awash in dust
...
the sound of the wind
makes me wish
...for deafness!
...
I sit
watching trees
do yoga
...
exercising haiku skills
when all else blows
little letters scatter
across the page
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 12:05 pm
by stilltrucking
thank you for writing that
I wish I could do as well
but I got blinded by thoughts
fall into abstraction
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 7:28 pm
by sooZen
Thanks Jack...! One thing I do is to remember/strive to keep my haiku in the present moment and surgically remove the non-essential (ala Reps). Writing effective haiku is perhaps the most difficult form of poetry (being simple isn't simple) and it helps me to do so after meditation/yoga (it clears my mind). Still a student, still learning, practice makes perfection...
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: March 29th, 2017, 10:26 pm
by judih
simply beautiful Soo
the mountain awash in dust
the wind horse
lovely
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: March 30th, 2017, 9:49 pm
by sooZen
Thanks judih... high praise coming from you!
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: March 31st, 2017, 8:41 pm
by mtmynd
Ahhh, wonderful, every one / every time!
You'd make Paul Reps joyful...
watching trees
do yoga
(y)
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: June 13th, 2017, 9:38 am
by beekay
haiku is like gold
few words carrying much weight
and thus worth so much
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: June 13th, 2017, 12:44 pm
by sooZen
haiku briefs
moment us
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: January 25th, 2018, 9:44 am
by sooZen
he laughs
politics on the tube
I shudder
...
the chill
seeps through my socks
hello down there!
...
dawn
the bare branches
caress the sky
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one eyed finch
a pirate comes to the feeder
aye eye capt'n!
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my old neighbor lights
cedar logs in his fireplace
he lives for today...
...
Re: High Desert Haiku
Posted: January 25th, 2018, 11:23 am
by judih
soo's lights
brighten this grey twilight
warmer within