Source: Kristina Krause
Tag: Haiku
2º F. Us too.
A bitter morning,
sparrows sitting together
without any necks.
~ James Hackett
James William Hackett (84, b. Seattle), is an American poet and philosopher most noted for his work with haiku in English. (Noted he was born during the year the Great Depression started.) The Zen poet and pioneer in creating haiku poetry in English began writing haiku in the 1950s following a near fatal accident. Spiritually reborn, he acquired a profound reverence for life, and now writes haiku with a focus upon Greater Nature and life’s Eternal Now. He is a reclusive poet dedicated to a spiritual way of haiku in English. Hackett’s poetry is known, translated, and anthologized world wide. Hackett’s Haiku Poetry: v. 1 can be found at Amazon at this link.
Credits: Photograph by Maris Rozenfelds. Haiku from The Haiku Form by Joan Giroux via apoetreflects. Hackett Bio via haiku-hia.com
Leaving the doctor…
Leaving the doctor,
The whole world looks different
This autumn morning.
—Richard Wright, from Haiku: This Other World
Credits: Haiku: APoetReflects. Photograph: Chilliwack Lake, British Columbia Canada by Zach Copland via Sundoginthesky.
What “IS” this?
I came from brilliancy
And return to brilliancy.
What is this?
– Hoshin
Sources: Haiku – Thank you Whiskey River. Hugo Raes Portrait by Stephan Vanfleteren
4:58 am. And Inspired.
Good Wednesday morning. Here’s my selection of inspiring posts of the week.
- Thank you olavstubburd for the photo which was shot in Narvik, in Northern Norway, inside the Arctic Circle.
- Colleen @ The Chatter Blog with her post When You’re Not Good Enough: “What do you tell yourself when you start facing the realization you are not good enough for something? Not that you can’t do something. But that you can’t do something well enough to excel, continue and progress. What Do You Do?…Without a doubt I am not good enough to test for master level…Can I accept that I cannot move ahead, test, progress…Can I do that? Is accepting that I have done “enough” a manner of growing?…
- Kurt @ Cultural Offering with his post A Life Well Lived. In Praise of Ramsey. “Everyone has stories of the best dog in the world and we have ours – the story of Ramsey…Ramsey grew up with our children. He played with them, watched after them, slept on and at their beds. He was an incredibly good natured dog, friendly to most everyone…He never wandered or got in much trouble; instead he was content accompany anyone who might be going on a walk, playing or working in the yard. His idea of excitement was running laps as fast as he could around the yard in a frenzied fit of joy. He was that kind of dog…” Heartwarming story. Read more… Continue reading “4:58 am. And Inspired.”