Fire: Element of Energy

across the fields of stubble

flame stalks flame

David Cobb

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I have prepared for the fire

With green overalls

And yellow suede, gardening gloves

Yet I am not ready for the fire

First I need another’s validation

That it is the right thing to do

That removal serves a useful purpose

And the building

Which would surely follow

Could become a place of love

For without such assurance

There seems to be little point

In progressing with what could be

A shared-life adventure

haiku mind

108 poems to

cultivate awareness 

& open your heart

is by Patricia Donegan

Patience

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

Doing Nothing

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

Wonder

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

Karma

    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