summer
rediscovering its joy
by a cool lake
:
at Collin’s Bay
waves lap to water’s edge
rescuing my heart
:
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Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
summer
rediscovering its joy
by a cool lake
:
at Collin’s Bay
waves lap to water’s edge
rescuing my heart
:
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Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
another parched day
the sky is so so blue
a splash of azure
conjures up contentment
in suffocating heat
~
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Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
yellow patch of vetch
splash of bright crossing dead grass
cool breeze on my cheek
~
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After the downpour
golden rays escape the clouds
magic hints of spring
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Two fledglings take flight,
young monks in search of wisdom
Soulmates since childhood,
Siddhartha and Govinda
Together in dreams,
apart in the waking world
feathers in their hearts
buffeted by winds of time
Rivers feed the sea
raindrops fill every stream
listen to the sounds
rivers speaking many tongues
Do rivers chant “Om”,
sacred mantra of Brahmins
mirrors of being,
perpetual becoming?
Siddhartha listens,
hears union in water flow
Govinda feels love,
his heart reawakes with joy
Spring rivers overflowing
singing then, now, what will be
~
In response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Weekend Meditation #21 Out of the Box #3 , I have attempted a Choka, a Japanese form of any length in a 5-7 syllable pattern ending with 7-7. I chose Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse as the theme, a beautiful spiritual fable translated by Hilda Rosner and published in 1951. I paired the poem with a picture of a local stream that I took at this time of year in 2016. Siddhartha has been featured in several posts this month at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
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peace
the sound of
wind chimes
morning birds calling
my beating heart
~
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Inspired by Carpe Diem #1371 Samsara
My aging head
laments
knotted curls
and tight frizz hedges
stone castle gardens
that fell from air
their dead weight
tears my skull
long silken strands
weaving nests
where birds of every kind
come to rest
some squawk and squall
as tin bells call
but when I dream
of open sky
of timeless places
birds of joy will be my guests
~
The beautiful painting is the work of artist Catrin Welz-Stein, featured by Lillian at dVerse Poets Pub for Tuesday Poetics. Catrin Welz-Stein kindly gave permission for her art to be used as inspiration for our writing.
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