January 13, 2017
Haiku
Haiku poems consist of no more than two images written in very few words. Tiny poems recited in the present tense, emotional yet never sentimental, without the use of rhyme or metaphor.
Contemplative haiku experiences, when they arise, are as spontaneous as they are unpredictable. Arising in relationship to nature, haiku maintain their purity, mystery and delight, because what arises is captured in the moment of its creation or happening.
Haiku in its simplicity is seen in the everyday events occurring in our lives. Yet what haiku captures is the extraordinary within the ordinariness of these events.
Haiku like Miksang is meditation but in written form.
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old letters-
as I run out of ink
a silverfish!


New Year’s day,
bright sun for only a moment


unfeeling,
the wind tears through its trees


glances –
between horse and me
longing for watercress


daybreak,
in cloudy water
floats his teacup


moon under heaven…
a dozen mockingbirds
shelling seeds


lonesome –
in a Chinese courtyard
the coo of doves suffices


lovers work…
tangles in hair
the scent of chestnuts


windfalls –
lesson in the rush of squirrels
climbing Pine


ant in my cup,
reading tea leaves
at day’s end


fruitless shell…
the rattle of tiny
pomegranate seeds


of storm and wind,
at midnight
how I toss and turn


a twenty year marriage
combing grey hair
beneath candlelight


wrinkled sheets –
his smile in dreamtime


footprints fill of snow,
this raven watches
daylight passing


before a sea of fog
a solitary seagull
held in air


a seagrass green,
beyond the waves
streaks of seagulls


behind Croagh Patrick Mountain
the sun long overdue


evening
alight by fireflies –
something of his


moment of longing…
chopping green onions
on wood


of earth and metal
from boiling water
the swirl of steam
Original photographs and Haiku by Ivette Ebaen 2017©