ancient pond—
frog jumps in
sound of the water
Basho Matsuo
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Water has been my life source
Ponds have been my distractions
I have travelled widely on the back of water
Water gave me my trade, which I relied upon
Now water is here to give me calm
I listen to it flowing and cascading
I go to those places where water gifts beauty
Yet I am no wild swimmer
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
when the spade turns
the soil in our garden—
how different…
Ion Codrescu
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How different indeed
To be able
To plant sixty trees
Over one, wet
Easter weekend
And now to watch
As five Silver Birch
Head skywards
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
shaking
the packet of seeds
asking, are you still alive?
Kiyoko Tokotumi
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Hope
Carry me
Ladle yourself
Into my pocket
Be there
When I scatter my thoughts
To the four winds
Trust in me
To believe
In the land
On which I stand
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
A page of Shelley
brightens and dims
with passing clouds
Rod Wilmott
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Already
You have ably assisted
To help me make the first mark
On the blank page
Being so easy to impress
Almost without thought
I looked to copy your words
And so I moved to my bookshelf
Yet, instead of taking a book
My memory took me fifteen years back
To the old vicarage cottage
Which was my B&B for a while
It was safe, secure
A restful place
Where, of an evening
I would often read of the Victorian poets
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
i catch
the maple leaf then let
it go
John Wills
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I do, or I don’t
Do I, or don’t I?
To let go, what does that mean?
Our past is our past, all of it
It is our food for life
So don’t let go is what I say
Or only let go if you truly want to
But not as some doctrine
Or humbug space
Between the words of truth
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan