The time it takes—
for snowflakes to whiten
the distant pines.
Lorraine Ellis Harr
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In those few minutes
Of making the snowman
On the reservoir wall
In those few seconds
Of placing pebbles
To be perceived as eyes
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
a warm fall day,
learning from this rock
to do nothing
Paul O. Williams
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Take no action
Leave nothing done
Or should it be undone
Never at peace
Within, or without
Even the solidity of hope
On top of the rock
Was impermanent
Yet now
Thousands of miles away
On Black Rock Beach
With the emptiness
With the spaciousness
With the miles of sand
With the apparent peace
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
a stick goes over the falls at sunset
Cor van der Heuval
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Cor Jelier
Where are you now
With your pipe
And your delightful stoicism
Thanks to you I saw the sunset
Both in Jamaica
And also closer to home
Where are you now
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
a white lotus—
the monk decides
to cut it!
Buson Yosa
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That found
In that place
Of two
Quite separate
Visitations
One of mud
One of flower
Both fed by the water
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
After weeks of watching a roof leak
I fixed it tonight
by moving a single board
Gary Snyder
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My nature, so it seems
Is to sit with my feet in the streams
Where I take my time, to decide
What to say next, or what to do next
Not yet in harmony with myself
I concentrate on the cold water
To make me feel something, anything
Then
As I pull my socks onto my wet white feet
I am thankful
And so the day began
And so the day moved on, at one with itself
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan