moonlight—
a sand dune
shifts
Virginia Brady Young
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Even before the day on the sand dunes
I thought many times
Many, many times
Of moving out
Of moving on
Often invited
Though sometimes not
Often
Overstaying my welcome
Though sometimes not
Raging
In and out
Of a veritable state
Of perplexity
Or ecstasy
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
the wind
forced to blow
on concrete, steel, and glass
Jack Cain
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Yesterday’s uplifting breeze
Carried with it
Today’s dampening rain
Yet my spirits are lifted
For the farmers and the gardeners
Need their plants, and their lands, to be refreshed
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
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
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