life before the virus … will I let go of my novelty pen with the pullout scroll of last season’s shows at the Grand?
counting
the last days of
the month of May
.
.
©️2020 Ontheland
Tag: haibun
meadows – – haibun
In their later years some people look back to recall happy times … they savour the ‘meadows’ of their lives. Though I have positive memories, my recollections hold more greys and browns than the brighter yellows, pinks and blues of a meadow. And now . . . I enjoy buttercups, a wide-winged bird soaring, night calls from the trees, a crescent moon, a canine grin . . .
being alive
fresh leaves emerging
once again
.
.
©️2020 Ontheland
mating season – – haibun
Oh the excitement of mating season…even from indoors our cat feels it, yawling from early dawn…the dogs notch up their leaping and bounding to greet the day and rabbits scamper everywhere.
twilight
running alongside
a doe in flight
.
.
©️2020 Ontheland
May moon – – haibun
Back in my twenties I wasn’t attuned to the moon and seasons as I am now. My observations, if any, were unconscious, while closer to the surface were my preoccupations with school, work, and relationships. I do have one memory though of considering seasonal patterns as I paced the long road leading to school, while taking long breaths to quell anxiety. It was May and it was snowing. I said to myself “remember this: it can snow in May” and sure enough, in 2020, the year of the extraordinary, we are expecting snow tonight.
flower moon
absorbing daffodil glow
before the snow
.
.
©️2020 Ontheland
hazy moon – – haibun
Another full moon is swelling in the southern sky, the second, since March 11 when the World Health Organization declared the Pandemic. They call it the ‘flower moon’. Here, on my patch of land in Eastern Ontario, daffodils and a few dandelions have complied. This year, nature’s spring has been unfolding in a gentle steady way.
Behind doors and out on the streets there have been other, human stories…. these are about to take a new turn, as we enter the gradual easing of lockdown.
hazy moon…
the corona ball still rolling
toward the pins
.
.
Photos were taken today, May 7, 2020.
Haikai Challenge 5-3-20 Flower Moon
©️2020 Ontheland
new moon earth day – – haibun
Yesterday was to be a personal ‘holiday’. . . a promise to myself.
new moon
the invitation of
darkness
What better time to tend body and soul than an auspicious conjunction of darkness and hope…
Earth Day at home
dreams of
new beginnings
And then life chose its own course. Today I splash to the surface, catch my breath.
making space
I survive
the unexpected
.
.
©️2020 Ontheland
Yesterday was April 22, 2020 Earth Day on a new moon.
pandemonium – – haibun
pandemonium . . .
the curve is rising
a curve is falling
lives counted as numbers
as open graves
two metres down
or between us
casting blame
before it’s over
when we need
more testing
more research
more PPE . . .
stay home
make a mask
find inner calm
.
how soon
the full moon departs
into darkness
.
©️2020 Ontheland
