Tag: Haiku
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Bonsai
Bonsai Miniature treesTrained and pruned with a simpleTree-ness plainly seen Ornamental shrubsTrained and pruned to look like treesSerenity hums A simple imageForms in a receptive mindCalms the storms inside –LE These Bonsai were on display at the Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, OH… Pictures were taken with my Galaxy 5G phone. –LE
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Zen Garden – Three Of The Multitudes Of Variations
Gravel rocks and sandPrimaries for zen gardensRaked to ease the mind –LE
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January Rose
January Rose January roseOne of two amid the thornsStrong scent fills my nose The thorny bush bloomsIn Tucson’s mid-winter chillTwo pink buds unfurl Pink bud on displayA sweet scent, all pervadingThe rosebud opened –LE – 1/13/26
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Painting With Sand
Sand Paintings Haboobs gone a strayColored sands, percussion laidMandala-raising Red, blue, yellow grainsSandblasting my open mindMandala gazing –LE – 1/8/26
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Glaring Sun
This is a memory from the first three quarters of my life in the fozen north Glaring Sun Eyes squint, glaring sunfrom snow hills against blue skiesdry pampas grass waves. –LE – Circa 1999
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Snowblind
An old one from my time in the frozen north…; -) Snowblind Snowblind in sunshine,dark barky spines protruding,sparrow-buds in bloom. –LE – circa 1998
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Winter Haiku
More Winter Haiku Sparrows swarm in trees;dim light, cold windy morning —a lone bluejay calls. Cold windy shoreline —Blue heron stands on one leg,head hunched in shoulders. Sliding down the road,antilock brakes’s staccato —black ice beckoning. Slaming the car door,snow-dust covers my face —Jack Frost mocking me! –LE
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An Autumn Mood
An Autumn Mood… Cloudbursts soak my clothes and shoes,Leave me wet and cold —Web-bound bugs struggle –LE
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Which Would I deny?
What technology would you be better off without, why? Another word for ‘technology’ is ‘artifice’ … human evolution’s propensity for communication, making tools for survival, work, exploration, and ‘civilization’. All of our tools (mental and physical) are historically defined as ‘artifacts’. Artifice Artifacts defineHuman activities shineEdifices prime –LE So, which would we be better off…
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