Quietly detach!
Shades of Autumn Gold whisper.
Stillness holds. Breathless!
Whirling winds sweep through ~
Nature's Knowing ~ fall the leaves.
Chaotic Beauty!
Slowly shuffling through ~
such fated dissolution.
Stoic surrender.
Shadows dancing with
sensuous streaming sunlight.
A Viennese Waltz.
Autumn's misty mood
slips into Winter's dying.
Self descends to Sleep.
Silence permeates!
Creative transformation
Becomes the hatchling.
Rising up ~ breathes fire.
Emerging ~ flaming freedom.
Life transcends its Death!
Simply Haiku Journey
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Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:15 pm
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by turtle » Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:18 pm
windwalker wrote:Quietly detach!
Shades of Autumn Gold whisper.
Stillness holds. Breathless!
Whirling winds sweep through ~
Nature's Knowing ~ fall the leaves.
Chaotic Beauty!
Slowly shuffling through ~
such fated dissolution.
Stoic surrender.
Shadows dancing with
sensuous streaming sunlight.
A Viennese Waltz.
Autumn's misty mood
slips into Winter's dying.
Self descends to Sleep.
Silence permeates!
Creative transformation
Becomes the hatchling.
Rising up ~ breathes fire.
Emerging ~ flaming freedom.
Life transcends its Death!
arc---do you want feedback?
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:41 pm
turtle wrote:windwalker wrote:Quietly detach!
Shades of Autumn Gold whisper.
Stillness holds. Breathless!
Whirling winds sweep through ~
Nature's Knowing ~ fall the leaves.
Chaotic Beauty!
Slowly shuffling through ~
such fated dissolution.
Stoic surrender.
Shadows dancing with
sensuous streaming sunlight.
A Viennese Waltz.
Autumn's misty mood
slips into Winter's dying.
Self descends to Sleep.
Silence permeates!
Creative transformation
Becomes the hatchling.
Rising up ~ breathes fire.
Emerging ~ flaming freedom.
Life transcends its Death!
arc---do you want feedback?
Well, though I'm not feeling especially hungry at the moment, I always welcome feedback. So what say you, little reptile? Just crawl upon my hand and express yourself.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by turtle » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:26 pm
windwalker wrote:turtle wrote:windwalker wrote:Quietly detach!
Shades of Autumn Gold whisper.
Stillness holds. Breathless!
Whirling winds sweep through ~
Nature's Knowing ~ fall the leaves.
Chaotic Beauty!
Slowly shuffling through ~
such fated dissolution.
Stoic surrender.
Shadows dancing with
sensuous streaming sunlight.
A Viennese Waltz.
Autumn's misty mood
slips into Winter's dying.
Self descends to Sleep.
Silence permeates!
Creative transformation
Becomes the hatchling.
Rising up ~ breathes fire.
Emerging ~ flaming freedom.
Life transcends its Death!
arc---do you want feedback?
So what say you, little reptile? Just crawl upon my hand and express yourself.
my feedback would be about-- what you are trying to express...what beliefs of yours are in that poem..
i want to know about your psyche...
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:44 pm
No beliefs, little reptile.
Just the external drawing out of me an inner experience and outer expression.
And an 'awareness' of how life-giving letting go and detaching is or might be if we could only transcend our fears of dying...I mean all of those little moments of dying which we go through, which we are unwilling to first embrace and then surrender, because we need to be enclosed within our little coccoons.
Poor Nature - it has so much to teach and to offer but we simply do not hear it saying - "Look! Mira! You are just like me."
We can't have the miracle until we see the miracle.
I would also like to know about my psyche...that flows from my experiences. I think that's ever changing.
Just the external drawing out of me an inner experience and outer expression.
And an 'awareness' of how life-giving letting go and detaching is or might be if we could only transcend our fears of dying...I mean all of those little moments of dying which we go through, which we are unwilling to first embrace and then surrender, because we need to be enclosed within our little coccoons.
Poor Nature - it has so much to teach and to offer but we simply do not hear it saying - "Look! Mira! You are just like me."
We can't have the miracle until we see the miracle.
I would also like to know about my psyche...that flows from my experiences. I think that's ever changing.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Ierrellus » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:55 pm
Beautiful concept of the Phoenix set in haiku format. More, please.
"We must love one another or die." W.H.Auden
I admit I'm an asshole. Now, can we get back to the conversation?
"If you linger to curse the snake that bit you, you will die of its poison."
Arrogance hides a multitude of insecurities."
I admit I'm an asshole. Now, can we get back to the conversation?
"If you linger to curse the snake that bit you, you will die of its poison."
Arrogance hides a multitude of insecurities."
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by jonquil » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:20 am
My feedback: Marvelous. Truly transcendent, charming, and full of spirit. Well done!
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:49 am
windchimes
.................piercing shadows
.....listen
.................piercing shadows
.....listen
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Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:51 am
In clear green water
..................bubbles rise
..i should know
............i am the fish
..................bubbles rise
..i should know
............i am the fish
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:53 am
depth
(intensity
lightness of touch....
(intensity
lightness of touch....
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:10 am
Today: Nothing. Just existed.
Sartre Nausea
Sartre Nausea
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:37 pm
Ierrellus wrote:Beautiful concept of the Phoenix set in haiku format. More, please.
Thank you, Ierrellus - that means a lot to me, coming from you.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:40 pm
jonquil wrote:My feedback: Marvelous. Truly transcendent, charming, and full of spirit. Well done!
Thank you, jonquil. We never know when we will be taken on some kind of wonderful journey - and when we are called, we just have to respond, no matter where that voice takes us.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:43 pm
d63 wrote:windchimes
.................piercing shadows
.....listen
I love windchimes...they do seem to speak to us...they permeate Everything - and 'listen' is such a beautiful word, somehow.
Piercing shadows show us to ourselves - like the shadows dancing on the caves.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:07 am
windwalker wrote:d63 wrote:windchimes
.................piercing shadows
.....listen
I love windchimes...they do seem to speak to us...they permeate Everything - and 'listen' is such a beautiful word, somehow.
Piercing shadows show us to ourselves - like the shadows dancing on the caves.
Yes, that common understanding is what allows us to write haikus. It's not just set of rules; it's a sensibility. This is why I broke the 5/7/5 rule.
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:10 am
it wasn't meant to defy your effort.
(i just took off on it
(i just took off on it
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:19 pm
d63 wrote:it wasn't meant to defy your effort.
(i just took off on it
Don't worry - you didn't. I simply thought of it as a continuum...and I liked what you wrote.~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:24 pm
d63 wrote:windwalker wrote:d63 wrote:windchimes
.................piercing shadows
.....listen
I love windchimes...they do seem to speak to us...they permeate Everything - and 'listen' is such a beautiful word, somehow.
Piercing shadows show us to ourselves - like the shadows dancing on the caves.
Yes, that common understanding is what allows us to write haikus. It's not just set of rules; it's a sensibility. This is why I broke the 5/7/5 rule.
I usually write poetry which rhymes. I wanted to go beyond myself and to branch out on a simpler path though truth to tell it wasn't so simple.
My first haiku actually -except for the tidbits in the Haiku thread.
Haikus do not always have to be composed in the 5/7/5 rhythm - it's wonderful to break the rule but to keep the spirit...
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:29 pm
d63 wrote:In clear green water
..................bubbles rise
..i should know
............i am the fish
That sort of reminded me of this sweet zen e-card which I sent to a friend once...of a lake and wonderful ripples (I love ripples) swirling out in every direction and in the middle of it is this fish coming through to the top. It thrilled me. Perhaps that fish was you.~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Ierrellus » Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:16 pm
Windwalker,
All who listen may not hear. Senses make sense when what is within you identifies with what is outside you. In a novel draft I wrote of man who listened to shit but heard fertilizer. What you listen to and hear came across clearly in A.D.,s poem, which is why I called it beautiful.
Apologies for having more beer than sense that day.
All who listen may not hear. Senses make sense when what is within you identifies with what is outside you. In a novel draft I wrote of man who listened to shit but heard fertilizer. What you listen to and hear came across clearly in A.D.,s poem, which is why I called it beautiful.
Apologies for having more beer than sense that day.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:53 pm
Arcturus Descending wrote:d63 wrote:In clear green water
..................bubbles rise
..i should know
............i am the fish
Yes, a good appreciation of the nature of water (especially ripples) reflects a good zen sensibity. I've always found clearwater moving over sunbleached stone to reflect it as well.
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:01 pm
Ierrellus wrote:Windwalker,
All who listen may not hear. Senses make sense when what is within you identifies with what is outside you. In a novel draft I wrote of man who listened to shit but heard fertilizer. What you listen to and hear came across clearly in your poem, which is why I called it beautiful.
Are you saying you're writing a novel, Ierrellus? Or do mean something else by "novel"?
I only ask bec ause I attempted and bogged down so bad in the 3rd chapter, I finally had to walk away. It sucks, because the story still haunts me. May have to turn it into a screenplay or something. The point is, my hat comes to you if you manage it.
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Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Ierrellus » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:43 pm
d63 wrote:Ierrellus wrote:Windwalker,
All who listen may not hear. Senses make sense when what is within you identifies with what is outside you. In a novel draft I wrote of man who listened to shit but heard fertilizer. What you listen to and hear came across clearly in your poem, which is why I called it beautiful.
Are you saying you're writing a novel, Ierrellus? Or do mean something else by "novel"?
I only ask bec ause I attempted and bogged down so bad in the 3rd chapter, I finally had to walk away. It sucks, because the story still haunts me. May have to turn it into a screenplay or something. The point is, my hat comes to you if you manage it.
I've written several novel drafts, novel meaning story, not novelty. Agent claimed he liked the one I referred to here, "Atom & Eve"; but, when he passed it on to his hired readers, they couldn't understand anything past the third page--apparently had never read Kafka, Lem or Dick. Oh, well. Life goes on. If your story still haunts you, work on it from what you want it to be. PM me about the blockage at Chapter three. Maybe I can help you flesh out what you want to say, by suggesting, not by adding or detracting.
Meanwhile Windwalker has written a poem here that I believe is wothy of publication in literary journals. The language, symbols, and their evocations of what's inside our psyches, could we only listen, are notewothy . Wm. Blake noted, "I see though the eye, not from it!"
"We must love one another or die." W.H.Auden
I admit I'm an asshole. Now, can we get back to the conversation?
"If you linger to curse the snake that bit you, you will die of its poison."
Arrogance hides a multitude of insecurities."
I admit I'm an asshole. Now, can we get back to the conversation?
"If you linger to curse the snake that bit you, you will die of its poison."
Arrogance hides a multitude of insecurities."
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by d63 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:59 pm
Actually, Ierrellus, it was primarily a problem of lacking the patience for any project that goes beyond a couple of months. One of the problems with being a generalist who likes to bounce around a lot is that you’re always haunted by what you’re not doing or what you’re missing out on. Plus that, the story was time dependent in that it must always be set slightly ahead in the future while remaining vague about the current events that are leading up to it. I don’t want it to come off like some counter-culture conspiracy theory written by some paranoid militia-type. Making the story work would be hard enough without the work and time involved in a novel. This is why I think it would be better done in screenplay form. Besides, I tend to envision it more as movie anyway.
Humble yourself or the world will do it for you -it was either Russell or Whitehead. I can't remember which.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
When I was young, I use to think the world was a messed up place so i was pissed off a lot. But now that I'm older, I know it is. So I just don't worry about it. -John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten).
Anarchy through Capitalism -on a flyer thrown out during a Kottonmouth Kings concert.
First we read, then we write. -Emerson.
All poets are damned. But they are not blind. They see with the eyes of angels. -William Carlos Williams: in the introduction to Ginsberg's Howl.
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Re: Simply Haiku Journey
by Arcturus Descending » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:31 pm
Ierrellus wrote:
Meanwhile Windwalker has written a poem here that I believe is worthy of publication in literary journals. The language, symbols, and their evocations of what's inside our psyches, could we only listen, are notewothy . Wm. Blake noted, "I see though the eye, not from it!"
My apologies, Ierrellus - I never noticed this.
You have no idea how you just made my day and maybe for a few more days!
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“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
A room without books ..is like a body without a soul.”
“I couldn't help thinking that if I, by pure chance, had found a whole universe in a single unknown book, buried in that endless necropolis, tens of thousands more would remain unexplored, forgotten forever. I felt myself surrounded by millions of abandoned pages, by worlds and souls without an owner sinking in an ocean of darkness, while the world that throbbed outside the library seemed to be losing its memory, day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgot.”
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