haiku

I made another #videohaiku. This one starring a magnificent red tailed hawk that perched right outside our office window this morning #haiku #micropoetry #videopoem https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjsQTBHAsl/?igshid=lwb117coneuk (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

Watch out for that first step At the Zen group, after sitting for half an hour, we took turns reading from Charlotte Joko Beck’s Everyday Zen. The key question in the selection we read, on what the practice is: What can you rely on? Joko Beck’s answer: You can rely on life to continue being […]

The dogs have fleas. The cat keeps pooping on the kitchen floor. The house is of course a mess, and my daughter is graduating from high school tomorrow — assuming she got rid of that F in English.  Meanwhile, my wife is recovering from her 2nd eye surgery in a month, after two months of […]

my first attempt at a video haiku #videohaiku #micropoetry #haiku #micropoem https://www.instagram.com/p/ByA3mTqn5v6/?igshid=13esdwannjpdo (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

The world constantly reminds us that nothing is permanent. Nothing escapes destruction. wisteria in bloom :: what the old stones don’t tell

daylight saving time :: the topmost plum blossoms all lit up by the dawn #haiku #micropoem #micropoetry #dst #nofilter https://www.instagram.com/dylan20/p/Bu2k9-pHjRm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ly456zwroqsr

backyard afternoon :: a boy’s dreams take flight (Photo: San Mateo, March 2015)

evening walk I get mugged by the moon

touching the Earth ::savoring each sliceof the tangerine (with a 🙏to Thich Nhat Hanh) (photo by Michael Dorausch michaeldorausch.com)

office plant even the pebbles are plastic

winter morning :: the cat asks if he can become my neck warmer #haiku #micropoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/BtpJdQDHWQp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1apvyh612hnf3

ripening persimmons :: a pink sky and the waning moon