Category: Poetry

Seek Tranquility

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seek tranquility
be content with quiet things
the beauty of dawn

I wrote this as a response to a haiku challenge on Twitter. The key word was “content”. Now, I thought about “content” as in “content creation”, but the more I thought about it, I felt the focus should be more aligned with “contentment”. The whole zen thing I focus on.

This haiku makes me think of one of my mantras/mission statements, “live simply so that others may simply life”. Being content, eliminating greed and gross consumption, to seek balance…these are all elements of my life which I wish to grow.

Abrupt Awareness

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Frog song
Bold moonlight
Sudden awareness

Thinking of those moments where one is working dillgently, fully absorbed, then abruptly aware of time’s passage. The last moment outside our mind sunlight dominated. Then, darkness, moonlight, and the frogs chanting their mantras.

Nightly Haiku, August 11

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Tonight’s Haiku

Air in motion
Night sings ancient songs
Trees sway in the dark

Experimenting with Adobe Spark. Really enjoying the app.

A Haiku In The Night

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​The night’s grace appears

Kindness in the dark’s motion

Streetlights; a beacon

There’s a grace to the night, to the calmness brought, to hidden delights, joys unbounded. To rest delivered, and the salvation of our dreams. 

Morning Coffee, A #Haiku

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​Coffee’s gracefulness 

Awakening our brain cells

Enabling life 

The elixir of life: coffee! Memories of Seattle cafes in the 90s, a broke young man seeking moments of grace. Warmth in the winter rain, another grace. Warm memories of friends and conversation, of connecting with history’s great minds. Coffee consumed, generations apart, cold winter’s rain ensuring the seat, by the window, wondrous.

Seattle Memories: A Saturday Morning

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Dark morning skies

Coffee shops and newspapers

Tranquil memories
Echoes of my history in this morning’s air, remembering my times in Seattle as a young man. 

Haiku, August 7, 2020

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within the darkness
memories of the daylight
as I seek to rest

This is my first experiment with Adobe Spark. I find Canva a bit more intuitive at first blush. I’ll see where that goes. As I have a Creative Suite subscription, Spark makes significant economic sense.