Caring About Our World Reflecting About Life
filtered light
the moose on my bedroom wall
alive in the woods
the Queensway moose, his life
taken for losing his way
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The story behind this short poem can be found here. A one-line preview is that a moose on a city highway was shot ‘for public safety’.
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following a path
of tear-shaped leaf rosettes
noting aversion
a verdant mat of plantains
strewn wild—not unwanted here
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Broadleaf plantain is commonly regarded as a weed, an unwanted broadleaf that crowds out grass. Of course any plant can be a weed if unwanted. There is nothing inherently unattractive or noxious about plantain—it is actually ‘friendly’ to humans being both edible and medicinal.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
dogs rush to the door
their canine senses aroused
woof! aroo! aroof!
an event unseen, unheard
three minutes down the road
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…everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
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a broken stem
mysterious demise
of lily buds
mourning in a summer wind
puzzled human stopping by
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Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
in searing winds
mullein mounts open skies
its Root grounded strong
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Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
Ancient warrior ghosts
mists over the foreign highlands
waiting for the full moon
©️Chèvrefeuille
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legends of our ancestors
our questions unanswered
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wind-spun leaves falling
barren branches touching sky
taste the autumn rain
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here is yesterday’s footpath
buried under winter snow
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full moon rising
blood surges in beating hearts
silver lights the night
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M L King’s sword of courage
host of heroes standing by
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©️2018 Ontheland
This short Solo Renga is for Carpe Diem’s Weekend Meditation #41 Soliloquy no Renga “ancient warrior ghosts”. The opening haiku is written by Chèvrefeuille. In a regular Renga people take turns in writing alternating two-line and three-line stanzas. In a solo renga one person writes all that follows the opening haiku.
small row of onions
selectively harvested
by rodent gourmet
teaching a gardener
the art of letting go
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For Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way
The onion patch in the photo is larger than the one referred to in the poem…the poem’s patch is a smaller section where I planted extra seedlings…my generosity will face a greater challenge if I have nibblers in the main garden.
