ARTS: Your Haiku!

[Guest]

full moon luminous
through leafless branches, autumn
wind calm for zazen

Gassho,
Paco
sat/lah

[Gustaf Källvik]

Frosty December
The pink sky pours into me
Such days of wonder

[Gean]

Like the flying birds
Like the billowing noon breeze
The mind, still at last

Gasho,
sat/lah

[Matt Johnson]

冬心屈折 (Tōshin Kussétsu)

Then I remember
I felt this way last winter
Crooked, bent and S.A.D.

_/\_
sat/ah
matt

[Kokuu]

Lovely haiku. Thank you all for writing!

Just a reminder that you do not have to stick to 5-7-5 syllables as that refers to Japanese sound units than tend to be shorter than western syllables, and it is more important to focus on the intent of the poem rather than count syllables.

That said, if you can write a good poem in 5-7-5 that is fine but it is not a requirement.

Rohatsu retreat
the Buddha awakens
to the morning star
in each moment
of our lives

(that's a tanka rather than a haiku!)

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-