Frogs and Truth

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searching for TRUTH -
the frogs are quacking
louder tonight

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This haiku is pure SHASEI, sketching from nature.

I was working all day on the entry about . "Worldly Desires and Haiku" . , with a lot of email clutter going back and forth through the world.

Then in the evening, after a sunny day within the rainy season, all these frogs in our wet rice paddies started quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaking.

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Some words from Haiku friends

bravo! ... R.W. ...

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

> Hi Gabi,
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> You've indeed touched a vulnerable chord here!!!
> Indians are famous for mouthing philosophical truths - for good or bad![smiling!]

TRUTH

Gandhiji said that for him TRUTH meant a light.
To some others it may mean a force or a philosophy of life.

Like Keats had expressed most profoundly:

"Truth is beauty
and beauty is truth."

> kala

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

still trying
to understand the koan
squirrel on the lawn

Hi Gabi.

Best, Bill


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Fireflies

蛍蛍蛍 chasing fireflies <> all I catch is haiku We drove through a very steep lonely vally, for more than 10 kilometers, pitchdark and full of fireflies. Up to the high mountain ridges they were swirling and sparkling ... 蛍蛍蛍

Inspired by a ku from Robert Wison

shhhhs, let the
american poets think
it's a haiku!

Simply Haiku Forum

Aaaa, let them THINK! indeed ...


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lost souls
down by the brook
the fireflies

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fireflies cruising in
bumpy circles
Mandala Valley

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moonless night
the fireflies dancing
double shifts


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Dragonfly - teach me

dragonfly - what do you want to teach me today ? dragonfly - your eyes still talk to me ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo dragonfly - patterns of life patterns of death

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Everyone welcome

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I write my haiku
as they enter my mind -
everyone is welcome !

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QUOTE :

You Can't Shut Other People's Mouths

"My spiritual teacher, a simple, straightforward woman who didn't mince words, used to tell me, 'You can't shut other people's mouths.' It took me years to understand that. This unlettered lady knew that we don't have any control over other people's minds. You can control only your own mind.

When you understand this, you know you needn't be concerned about what people say about you: it doesn't affect you, because your mind cannot be upset. You may feel hurt, but you will have an inner security that cannot be shaken."

"A good rule is not a complicated 'how-to' manual, but a sheltering and sustaining place. A refuge — not for hiding or avoidance, but for gathering strength,"
writes Margaret Guenther

The ancient practice of asceticism is tainted by the cultural biases of our consumer society where self-indulgence is seen as a birthright and a civic duty.

"We persuade ourselves that every moment must be lived productively; like the busy little bee, we feel a holy obligation to improve each shining hour. We would do well to take very small children or big silly dogs as our teachers."

-- Eknath Easwaran in Words to Live By


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White Doves

白き鳩　愛に包まれ　夏の夜 shiroki hato - ai ni tsutsumare natsu no yoru white doves - cloaked all in love on this summer night They live in the forest on the other side of my valley, but sometimes they come visiting...

. Dove, Pidgeon, Pigeon,a kigo in the Database .


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Fiste Version:

白き鳩　愛に包まれし　夏の夜 ...

Sakuo san kindly suggested to use

白き鳩　愛に包まれ　夏の夜

shiroki hato
ai ni tsutsumare
natsu no yoru

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That's a beautiful poem. I love doves.
Kristen ...

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Silver Ring

極楽の　ゴクが銀なる　夏の雨 summer rain - the GOKU of GokuRakuAn all in silver -

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Ring Photo is Curtesy to "Wafu Living"


The Summer Storm of June 15, 2006 　　　　　　　　　　

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After the Rain

Raindrops on my flowers







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Mittagsschlaf nap

昼寝時　一匹だけの　蚊の音色 Mittagsschlaf - das Geräusch von nur EINER Schnake　 naptime - the sound of just ONE mosquito

MOSQUITOE, a kigo in the Database.


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humanity kigo for all summer

hirune, hiru-ne 昼寝 (ひるね) nap, Mittagsschlaf
gosui 午睡（ごすい）afternoon nap
hirunezame 昼寝覚（ひるねざめ）wake up from a nap
hiruneoki 昼寝起（ひるねおき）get up from a nap
hirunebito 昼寝人（ひるねびと）person taking a nap
sanjakune 三尺寝（さんじゃくね） "short nap"
lit. "as long as three shaku"

Since hirune is a kigo in the category of humanity, it should not be used for animals, like your cat or pet dog.


.SAIJIKI ... HUMANITY
Kigo for Summer 　


. SLEEP ... in various KIGO



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Experience

summer meditation - my heart beats louder and louder Haiku should be written from real experience. I am not talking about the American Haiku Moment, rather a simple awareness of oneself alive right now. Make this experiment. Read the following instructions: Close your eyes and feel yourself ! Are your legs crossed or side by side? Is your head tilted to one side? which one? Are your shoulders at the same hight? ...Is the left one higher? Can you really feel that? Is your breath regular or irregular? Is your body itching at any place? Are your fingers tapping ? Open your eyes. Now try and feel your sourroundings in the same way. Any sound? Any smell? Any color to fancy your eye?

Experience is life! To be alive!
If you are alive, you should experience it every moment. Thus your life will always be full and haiku are just lurking around the corner ...

Write to me about your experiences!

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early at the desk -
I see her smiling
mop in hand

A.Thiagarajan (WHCindia)

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haiku is catching
the moments of life
as it is

Aju Mukhopadhyay, India

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gabi,
thank you for this exercise, friend.

early morning . . .
the osculating fan silences
birdsong

dustin neal

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is that a spider web
blowing in my
peripheral

my crossed arms
protects me from what?
another truth surfaces

I noticed when I started your experience, I almost automatically crossed my arms across my chest in that protection body language ... curious, wonder what I was needing protection from? (smile).

B. from America

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I close my eyes and hear the wind
when I open my eyes i see the wind blowing in the trees through my window

in my mind
whispers
calling me outside

S.

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darkened room
the ac and ceiling fan
not really helping

fuzzy eyesight
I lean towards the computer
forgetting to breath

ankles crossed
my feet swollen cantaloupes
almost summer

my butt
welded to this chair
the yard calls

Cliff Roberts
"promoting haiku awareness"
Founder and President of the Fort Worth Haiku Society,
HSA Southwest Regional Coordinator
http://www.members.aol.com/graphicfantasy01/FWHS.htm

Dear Cliff,
great you could use my little exercise for promoting more haiku awareness.
GABI

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at the keyboard
air-conditioned chill
on my left arm

Bill Kenney

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Daruma Rock

Daruma rock ! in the middle of nowhere I meet a friend

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