ARTS: Your Haiku!

[Kokuu]

波の上に
梅の花弁
我が浮世
———
Above the wave
A plum blossom petal
Our floating world

[JudyE]

humid mid-morning:
garter snake slips between rocks
pruned branches fall

Gassho
Judy
sat/lah

[Tokan]

The sun warms the air
but doesn't touch the shadows;
crocus shoots break earth.

Gassho, Tokan (satlah)

[Anchi]

life and death between
summer rain in the silence
just another breath


Gassho
Anchi

[Zenkon]

Straddle
Too wide a stream
And both feet
Get wet

Gassho

Zenkon

sat/lah

[Meiun]

Not a haiku but arising during sitting very strongly so thought I'd share.

'You don't know what you are!'
Ringing out clearly from the calm of meditation....
Accepting this truth I offer a bow.

Gassho

Mike

-Sat today-

[Onki]

He took his last breathe
Rain falling despite this
Joyous occasion

Gassho,

Finn

Sat today

[Tai Do]

川の水
落ち葉いっぱい
乾季の終わり

River's water
Full of fallen leaves
End of the dry season

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A haiku I wrote while on picnic with my family in a river nearby (in Brazil's Northeast, the trees lose their leaves in the dry season, not on autumn as the temperature don't change much, only the humidity of the air).

[Gustaf Källvik]

Sitting very still
The Being watching itself
– Now that's a riddle!

~I sat today.

[Tai Do]

Sitting very still
The Being watching itself
– Now that's a riddle!

~I sat today.

Beautiful, Gustaf.
Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah

[Rocio]

Dear friends,

My youngest brother was born 50 years ago in this date.
I found in twitter a haiku written by Rev. Kokuu:

Sometimes
half a moon is enough
fiftieth birthday

I sent him and he liked it so much.

Thank you Rev. Kokuu

Gassho
Rocío
Sat today/ LAH

[Gustaf Källvik]

Beautiful, Gustaf.
Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah

Thank you, Mateus
Gassho,
Gustaf

[Kokuu]

My youngest brother was born 50 years ago in this date.
I found in twitter a haiku written by Rev. Kokuu:

Sometimes
half a moon is enough
fiftieth birthday

I sent him and he liked it so much.

Thank you Rev. Kokuu

I am so glad he liked it! That is funny you found one of my haiku on Twitter!

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Gustaf Källvik]

Ice born melt water
Dripping from the black branches
turn back into ice

Gassho,
Gustaf

~sat today~

[Rich]

See a thought enter,
Drifting on gentle breeze,
Vanishing like smoke.

Sat/lah


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[Tai Do]

Full moon
Illuminating the sky
Mind's Mirror

Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah

P.S.: I deleted a previous post with haiku of mine that I had already posted.

[Kokuu]

I have something in the Asahi Shimbun today:

winter deepens
an old shot glass
filled with whiskey

(https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14801725)

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Tai Do]

I have something in the Asahi Shimbun today:

winter deepens
an old shot glass
filled with whiskey

(https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14801725)

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

Congratulations, Kokuu.
Your haiku is great. And the collection in the Asahi is great. Thank you for sharing.
Gassho,
Mateus
Satlah

[Jundo]

[Veronica]

Three little beginner Haiku with a theme of the night sky in winter... I've always wanted to try Haiku, and it's very cool that there's a Haiku section in the forum.

finding my north
along
a path of stars

true north
neither mountain
nor pond

the grain of salt
grander
than Polaris

Veronica
stlah

[Tai Do]

Three little beginner Haiku with a theme of the night sky in winter... I've always wanted to try Haiku, and it's very cool that there's a Haiku section in the forum.

finding my north
along
a path of stars

true north
neither mountain
nor pond

the grain of salt
grander
than Polaris

Veronica
stlah

Thank you for sharing, Veronica.
Gassho,
Tai Do (Mateus)
Satlah

[Ryumon]

scrolling through Twitter
birds in the garden call out
they all say tweet tweet

Gassho,
Ryūmon (Kirk)
Sat

[Kokuu]

finding my north
along
a path of stars

true north
neither mountain
nor pond

the grain of salt
grander
than Polaris

Those are lovely, Veronica!

Gassho
Kokuu

[Kokuu]

scrolling through Twitter
birds in the garden call out
they all say tweet tweet

Everyone is tweeting now!

Btw, you don't have to write in 5-7-5.

Gassho
Kokuu

[Ryumon]

I know I don't need to do 5-7-5, but it just fit. Since the first like was five, the second was naturally seven, and a single "tweet" on the third line seemed a bit too simple, so it worked. :-)

Gassho,

Ryūmon (Kirk)

sat

[Mokuso]

Is this a haiku I have written?

The sun is shining
and the moon shines
but just one embrace makes me warm

Gassho. Mokuso

[Kokuu]

Is this a haiku I have written?

The sun is shining
and the moon shines
but just one embrace makes me warm

Let's say it has some similarities with haiku!

This is a nice collection of haiku, many på svenska, if you want to get a feel for the form: https://simplyhaiku.com/SHv3n2/showc...ai_HHarle.html


Gassho
Kokuu

[Mokuso]

Let's say it has some similarities with haiku!

This is a nice collection of haiku, many på svenska, if you want to get a feel for the form: https://simplyhaiku.com/SHv3n2/showc...ai_HHarle.html


Gassho
Kokuu

Thanks Kokuu Gassho

[Mokuseki]

The purple flower,
Hidden by the white and green,
Bees always find it.



Mokuseki

[Veronica]

reflections in dark windows
my books
quietly watch me

Veronica
sat today.

[aprapti]

after our zazen
running for my autobus..
that is practice too

[Kokuu]

This is an admittedly a tanka/waka rather than a haiku but it still probably goes here:

who can know
the face of god?
behind an old church
the bowing heads
of snowdrop flowers


Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Rich]

The doors are open
To become a loving breeze
In this existence

Sat/lah


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[Jishin]

Snowflakes swirl and spin,
Transforming the world below,
A winter wonderland

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

[Veronica]

I am my true friend,
but there is no me
so who could it be

Veronica
Stlah

[Zenkon]

For less weeds,
In your mind.
Plant more flowers.

Gassho

Zenkon
Sat/lah

[Zenkon]

Love and hate
Are like oil and water.
They do not mix well,
In the fixed container of your mind.
Fill your mind with one,
And there is no room for the other.

Gassho

Zenkon

[Tai Shi]

Simplicity of day comes
Winter from breath of air
Night departs with light

[Chikyou]

My hands are open
Thoughts fall like grains of dry sand
Through my spread fingers.

I love this thread!

Gassho,
SatLah
Kelly

[Chikyou]

Birds sing
On the mountain top
Dew falls

Gassho
SatLah
Kelly

[Gustaf Källvik]

The porch door ajar
Warm spring sun through my window
Children play outside

Gassho,
Gustaf

I sat today. I'd like to think I have lent a hand.

[michaelw]

Supermarket carpark drizzle
Traffic noise from nearby motorway
Drowned by birdsong

Gassho
MichaelW

sat lah

[Jishin]

Life fades like the breeze
Silent whispers in the wind
Death's eternal peace

Gassho, Jishin, ST, LAH

[Gustaf Källvik]

Supermarket carpark drizzle
Traffic noise from nearby motorway
Drowned by birdsong

Gassho
MichaelW

sat lah

I like it!

Gassho!
/Gustaf

Satlah

[Rich]

Founded on a rock
It is indestructible
Fortress of the soul

Sat/lah


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[Tai Shi]

Three feet of snow drift
Raises death wave across sea
Of fifteen below zero.

Gassho
sat/lah

[Chikyou]

Smiley face in concrete
You're not supposed to be there, but I love you
Indelible mark of childhood joy

Gassho,
SatLah
Kelly

[Tai Shi]

Were it not for crystal
Sanga in cold spring we would
Cry ourselves to sleep

Gassho
sat/lah
Tai Shi

[Kaitan]

I was listening a fragment of Genjokoan through Samaneri Jayasara record.
"When one thing is illuminated, others will be dark"
So this inspiredme, thus, I want to try to write something.

The darkest moments
Essential contrast
The light shines brighter

Gasshō
SatToday
Bernal

[Kaitan]

Another one...

Drowning in the darkness
Stretching the body
Joyful mysteries

Gasshō
SatToday
Bernal