just 3 lines

keeping it simple....reflecting on life with pictures and poems in the Japanese tradition of Zen

1779. a mouthful

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lotus leaves: looks like he got lucky little larvae  Lotus flowers growing in a garden pot. Tiny caterpillar, smaller than an inch, found a ...

1778. impermanence

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pretty pink cloud waiting for the sun to go down, a touch of rouge I stepped out the door at sundown and looked up. Off in the distance, the...

1777. made in heaven

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there they are mister fox and old lady dog snuggling   Standing in the shade, under cover of pretty paper bark maple trees with their small ...

1776. selfie

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turn in the road ahead which way to go now—left? right?  the snail * how now brown cow, seeking poems here and there— taking a selfie Too bu...

1775. feeling homey

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mud room clean wash, fresh flowers, garden gloves longing for home   Here’s Gloria’s mud room. I pass thru this tiny entrance way at the bac...
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After 25 years, I chose to leave the business world and pursue a simpler, more satisfying way of life. I reoriented my thinking and explored my creativity. I turned to The Tao, Buddhism, and the New Age. I practiced tai chi and trained in massage, reiki and yoga. I read poetry and wrote. I made fiber art and painted. And I began to make origami. This drew me in more and more to other Japanese traditions, including Zen and haiku. Haiku are short poems. They reflect on Life as found in nature and in the human condition. They convey a moment of realization, reflecting a mood or a feeling of wonder or longing, of pleasure or pain. Haiku are commonly written in three lines of 17 syllables: 5-7-5. This can vary. Their styles also vary: elegant, poignant, philosophical, silly, sad, humorous. Haiku require no particular degree of learning to write or to read. They seem ordinary, yet are somehow extraordinary in their facility to capture and engage the imagination. It may be that the spare simplicity of just three lines holds a subtle power to wake up the senses and evoke moments of pleasure and wonder. Please enjoy.
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