in Buddha believe:
wheat shaft’s
green truth
Seisensui Ogiwara
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So we come to the big one
Yet not quite yet
For evasion immediately
Empties its pockets onto the floor
That we might trip up
Or hiccup
Or procrastinate
Or hesitate
But no
A statement is called for
It is not enough
To say that you are unsure
What truth is
Even if that is your truth
Even if that is your truth
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
beautiful lines
of green run through
the summer dishes
Tatsuko Hoshino
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Yes, beauty
Those beautiful lines
From side to side
From shore to shore
They explain
The coast, the waves
The distant view
Filled with desires
Alive with hopes
I pause, to ensure
That I am aware
Of all what the artist felt
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
cherry tree watchmen
with their white heads
together
Kyorai Mukai
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The Acer
Is yet to be planted out
A birthday gift
It will have pride of place
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
full moon—
shadows of pines
on the straw mats
Kikaku Takarai
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One tea ceremony
Just one
In this one lifetime
A ceremony
To share
With this one other
Away from the trees
Out of the woods
On the desert plains
Where the mysteries
Of the day
Are to be buried deep in sand
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
winter gusts—
abortion herb has boiled
and yet…
Sojo Hino
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She said
She could not bear
To bear him another son
Yet the man
Or the men
They could not change
However much they climbed
The hierarchy ladder
Of life
Other than to choose
To die alone
If choice he so had
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan