“It’s important to live life with the experience, and therefore the knowledge, of its mystery and of your own mystery. This gives life a new radiance, a new harmony, a new splendor.” — Joseph Campbell **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: a great mystery harmony weighs experience smooth rocks balancing Written for Eugi’s Weekly PromptContinue reading “Harmony – Quote + Haiku (011322)”
Category Archives: Haiku
Cuppa – Haiku 2022
morning cuppa Joe propping up dreaming eyes caffeine stir sticks
Quote + Haiku (011022)
“O it is pleasant, with a heart at ease,Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,To make the shifting clouds be what you please.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: a Montana sky gives a mountain jasper wings angels at sunset
Orion’s Belt – Haiku 2022
lassoing January three kings rule the galaxy buckling Orion’s belt **** Remarks: Orion’s belt: The three brightest stars in January’s night sky (Alnilam, Alnitak, and Mintaka), dubbed “The Three Kings” or “The Three Sisters,” together form a straight line looking like a belt around the hunter-shaped constellation, Orion.
Generosity – Haiku 2022
gratitude’s past generosity’s presents —lend to the future **** Inspired by C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters: Letter XVI
Time – Haiku 2022
time —a kingdom not to be bartered away for coins in a cup
Quote + Haiku (010422)
“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: winter’s reminder how great a sacrifice ’tis to keep on living
Keys – Haiku 2022
keys to the journey leaving enough in the tank to return home
Quote + Haiku (010222) Eugi’s Weekly Prompt
“… No matter the intent or heartfelt emotion, not all promises could be kept.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: promises screeching like iron on icy tracks braking covenants –Written for Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Promises – December 23, 2021
Quote + Haiku (123121)
“When I pronounce the word Future,the first syllable already belongs to the past” ― Wisława Szymborska **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: the new year is near singing auld lang syne— back to the future