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  1. #51

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    early morning sunlight,
    with a smile...
    all is as it should be...


    Gassho

    Seiryu

  2. #52

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    early sun rising
    birds searching for breakfast
    waves just keep rolling

    Gassho, Zak

  3. #53

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    Hi Myoken, just a modest contribution to your haiku:

    an old beer bottle
    left in the woods
    still partying


    Everybody writes at dawn...Thank you Zak and Seiryu.

    gassho


    Taigu

  4. #54

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    in a world
    of suffering
    thrush music


    80th birthday
    he poses
    for the x-ray


    the cherry blossoms arrive without a god

  5. #55

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    In and out
    it all falls apart
    I run away from the sound of the bell

    Gassho


    Seiryu

  6. #56

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    sitting
    cross legged
    driftwood

  7. #57
    Nindo
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    dailyhaiku.org
    rejected my submission
    AGAIN

    :cry:

  8. #58

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    bleak wind
    I'd know her voice
    anywhere


    cleaning her house
    after the funeral
    mother's dust


    autumn wind
    my receding hairline


    full moon
    in the window
    of the Krispy Kreme


    New Age Church
    the plastic flowers

    gassho
    Greg

  9. #59

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nindo
    dailyhaiku.org
    rejected my submission
    AGAIN

    :cry:
    Agh!

    Chin up. Modern Haiku shot me down three times before I got in.

    Gassho

    Jennifer

  10. #60

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    Hi guys,

    Sweet powdered geisha
    poses for the camera
    birds don't care


    Don't belong to any haiku circle, don't do haiku competition, don't even call myself a poet, and have no intention of being praised by the generations to come and I call my haiku stuff:junk.
    So we are all part of the same universal non haiku circle, dead haiku poets circle...

    Nice to meet you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

    gassho


    Taigu

  11. #61

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taigu
    and have no intention of being praised by the generations to come and I call my haiku stuff:junk.
    Did Ryokan have this intention? Who knows?

    Maybe your words will end in an old box in someone's attic. Maybe it will end in a library and people will tell silly stuff about the "the soul" of the artists and his "real goals"... as we can see with some great French poets.

    Don't really matters,
    Quote Originally Posted by Taigu
    birds don't care
    :wink:

    deep gassho,
    Jinyu

  12. #62

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taigu
    Hi guys,

    Sweet powdered geisha
    poses for the camera
    birds don't care


    Don't belong to any haiku circle, don't do haiku competition, don't even call myself a poet, and have no intention of being praised by the generations to come and I call my haiku stuff:junk.
    So we are all part of the same universal non haiku circle, dead haiku poets circle...

    Nice to meet you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

    gassho


    Taigu
    In America, it truly does not matter if you write haiku or not. If you publish, or not. If anyone praises your work today and forgets you tomorrow. Poetry is already marginalized and the haiku world is truly a ghetto within. You go into it knowing that . . . but it is wonderful to participate and meet others from all over who do the same silly thing.

    And to that end, here's to the circle!

    Gassho

    Jennifer

  13. #63

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    After worrying about this and that
    Gratefully returning to doing now
    Watching wonderful waves
    Eating bagel
    Now can I help you?

  14. #64

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    Sitting in vast emptiness
    With nothing to do
    Yet everything is doing
    What is this?
    Birds singing
    Dog pacing
    Motor humming

  15. #65

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    gnarled, without protest,
    from Tasman's insistent gales,
    my old weeping-tree

  16. #66

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jennifer G P
    Quote Originally Posted by Taigu
    Don’t use special poetic words and reject words like plastic, telephone or can.
    I like telephone and can. They are real-world words, everyday and concrete. If anyone can find a good haiku in them, great!

    I cringe at stuff like heart, soul, ephemeral, gossamer. Oh, for the love of God, stay away from gossamer.
    heart soul ephemeral gossamer
    oh for the love of god stay .. away ..
    from gossamer

    :lol: couldn't resist

  17. #67
    disastermouse
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taigu
    I am currently preparing a worshop on writing haiku and I wrote the following notes that happen to convey exactly what I really want to say most of the time:


    Please, try to avoid desk haiku. I often write haiku as I walk, work, lie down. Please, speak haiku, give them a voice, whisper them, shout them, spit them chew them. Haiku come from my experience of the world. I compose haiku not because I am a poet, or to make poetry, I don’t give a dam about poetry, I write haiku to be alive and present in this world. Not to live in my head and through my senses. To unfold my being-seing-perceiveng in all this. And meet what comes and goes. Death can take place anytime, haiku is like Hanami, to watch blossoms. I am going to die, and haiku writing haiku doing is a celebration of a fragile and floating existence, it is sheer gratitude. Gratitude. And gratitude again.

    Don’t write too many words. Many haiku in English are too wordy. Cut. Keep it simple. You should be able to speak any haiku in a single short breath. Don’t pack poems with fancy words be careful with adjectives, bad writing is often over using adjectives. Don’t use special poetic words and reject words like plastic, telephone or can. Avoid likes and dislikes. In the haiku world, everything is precious, worth looking at and worthy of appreciation. Don’t be afraid of words and things. Call things by their name. Go for what is, what is real around and inside you. Go where you dance, go even where it hurts. Haiku is a tool of discovery and self inquiry. Pick up things unnoticed, left aside, pick up what people don’t even see or pay attention to. Pick up garbage and practice garbage arrangement. Celebrate the ordinary. In the simple activity of seeing, of being you will find love. Jizo or Kannon are not statues in fancy temples and museums but your very attention to the world, your activity in full bloom and the very people and things you meet everyday. This is the real magic. And it is available here and now. And it is now or never. Each second passes and won’t come back. You won’t be given a second go. There is only one. This one. Here and now.

    gassho to all


    Taigu
    The only part of this that confused me was the part about avoiding words like plastic, telephone, and can. Can you explain that? Is it because they are modern words?

    Chet

  18. #68

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    Hi Chet,

    In the old school of haiku, rhythm, seasonal element, and all these old fashioned rules apply.
    In modern Haiku, feel free, as you wish...In Japan, you have both schools. Many people think that Santoka's haiku are not haiku...
    I use modern words like plastic, tarmac, fumes, can etc. because I write about what I witness and see around.

    gassho

    Taigu

  19. #69
    disastermouse
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    Quote Originally Posted by Taigu
    Hi Chet,

    In the old school of haiku, rhythm, seasonal element, and all these old fashioned rules apply.
    In modern Haiku, feel free, as you wish...In Japan, you have both schools. Many people think that Santoka's haiku are not haiku...
    I use modern words like plastic, tarmac, fumes, can etc. because I write about what I witness and see around.

    gassho

    Taigu
    As did the old haiku masters.

    Gassho!

    Chet

  20. #70

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    conceived in snow clouds
    foetused on Himalayas
    rivers chill my feet

  21. #71

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    What a beautiful and sublime thread. I am very grateful for it.

    Sound of rain
    lonely man in thought
    coffee

    In Spanish:

    El sonido de la lluvia
    hombre solitario pensando
    café

  22. #72

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    I wish to avoid self-promotion, but I actually wrote a humorous book of haiku on "geeky" topics titled Fanboy Haiku

    pm me if you want more info

  23. #73

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    Quote Originally Posted by joshbrown
    I wish to avoid self-promotion, but I actually wrote a humorous book of haiku on "geeky" topics titled Fanboy Haiku

    pm me if you want more info
    Hi Josh,
    Found and downloaded Fanboy Haiku on Kindle. Given the work you obviously put into it(240 Haiku) the price was a steal! I'll definitely have fun reading more!

    Gassho,
    John

  24. #74

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    Josh Brown Fanboy book
    Downloaded if from Kindle
    Only one dollar!

  25. #75

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    wow! thank for the endorsement! 8)

  26. #76

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    Stop telling me to
    Chill out! I'm usually right,
    So listen to me!

  27. #77

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    cute little brown book,
    square little old book,
    If you could talk
    as well as you smell
    what a tale you could tell

    not really a haiku :?

  28. #78

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    Quote Originally Posted by michaeljc
    not really a haiku :?
    Hi Michael,
    That's ok! If you write poetry which isn't haiku style we do have our other poetry forum as well. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1344
    Have fun!!

    Gassho,
    John

  29. #79

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    Mother Rata Tree
    living her decaying death
    where bush pigeons croon

  30. #80

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    sleepy
    stayed up last night
    awakening

  31. #81

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    boot-worn water-track
    chandeliering camp-smoke
    dog-eared sutras

  32. #82

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    Monsoon’s morning entrée -
    stillness draping drowsy mountains
    -crowing fowl
    -children’s yakker

  33. #83

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    streams, place's faces
    reoccurring images
    places that I lost

  34. #84
    Nindo
    Guest

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    after I hang up the phone
    the last bite of bread
    in a puddle of honey

  35. #85

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    autumn mist
    a crow
    adds its own silence


    () josh

  36. #86

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    zen retreat
    I check my posture
    on the toilet


    gassho
    Greg

  37. #87

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    Criticisms, defense,
    Transparency;
    It's all good!

    _/_

  38. #88

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    traveling
    In mountains with clouded hats
    cool misty face

    gassho shogen

  39. #89

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    No haiku for weeks now
    where have they gone?
    what is happening?

  40. #90

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghop
    zen retreat
    I check my posture
    on the toilet


    gassho
    Greg

    hahaha, well I was feeling nervous about going on my first retreat at the end of the month until I read your haiku, thank you!

  41. #91

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daisy
    going on my first retreat at the end of the month
    If you don't mind me asking, where are you going for retreat Daisy?

    I am always on the hunt for others experiences with practicing at other zendos. Thanks!

    Gassho

    Dokan

    Sent from my SGH-I897 using Tapatalk

  42. #92

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    Whole
    Not two
    Holding two

  43. #93

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    Temple Bell
    Crows cawing
    mystical silence

  44. #94

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dokan
    Quote Originally Posted by Daisy
    going on my first retreat at the end of the month
    If you don't mind me asking, where are you going for retreat Daisy?

    I am always on the hunt for others experiences with practicing at other zendos. Thanks!

    Gassho

    Dokan

    Sent from my SGH-I897 using Tapatalk
    Hello! I think it's helpful to share experiences, especially for first timers like me. I am going on a Mindfulness based retreat at Taraloka (http://www.taraloka.org.uk), a retreat in a women's Buddhist community in the Shropshire countryside in the UK. There is a nice write up on Taraloka on the good retreat guide website (http://www.thegoodretreatguide.com I think that is the correct link, it might just be http://www.goodretreatguide.com). I use mindfulness with some of my clients for work (I work in a hospital), it has a good clinical evidence base in addition to being common sense, down to earth good stuff... Anyway, I'm hoping to deepen my own practice to help me be able to reflect more fully and support my clients effectively.
    I would be interested in hearing more about your experiences too.

  45. #95

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    Grass frost, tiny lights.
    Do the stars crunch if stepped on?
    I'll try it tonight.

  46. #96

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    kitten pushes door-
    old cat waits for opening
    in patient calmness

    that was my first Haiku written a year or so ago about my two cats, Ninja and Shuriken.

  47. #97

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    Quote Originally Posted by chessie
    Grass frost, tiny lights.
    Do the stars crunch if stepped on?
    I'll try it tonight.
    ah, it's obviously cold where you are too, Chessie!
    I like the idea of star crunching!

  48. #98

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    Begging bowl beckons
    Monks exchange Dharma for food
    Behold; the crescent moon!

    This is close to what I saw tonight:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/74867807@N00/558966408/

    Gassho,

    Ann

  49. #99

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    It's the day before spring break. I'm sitting in class awaiting student papers, which means I'm not doing anything (like always! I kid, I kid). I thought I would post a couple haiku. These are from my blog: http://www.stories-like-stories-you-know.blogspot.com/. I'm a writer, just one of several costumes.

    My wife has been away for the last couple weeks:

    headlights pass over walls.
    even the dog
    perks his ears for you.

    Driving to work one morning:

    stranded roadside
    smoke billows from the engine.
    starlings black against the sky.


    Something else:

    taking the trash out
    to forget this zen.
    dead dog on the wet road.


    I enjoyed reading many of the poems in this thread. Many thanks,

    Alan

  50. #100

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    deleted -- posted in "haiku chain" forum.

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