Sunday Practice

[Engyo]

A silent spider
Sitting perfectly tranquil
My thoughts to observe

You?

[Taigu]

Re: Sunday Practice

ducks, geese,
chickens and dogs
morning Samadhi song

[Shugen]

Re: Sunday Practice

A jumping sandflea
Going here and there and here
My thoughts observe me

[Tb]

Re: Sunday Practice

Hi.

A young boy smiles
picks up a stick
And laughs

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Engyo]

Re: Sunday Practice

A summer's night sky
Stars hanging over my bed
Beacons for my dreams

Good night.

[Taylor]

Re: Sunday Practice

This young man often feels
More like an old fool than a boy
Ironic life, isn't it?

[Jinyu]

Re: Sunday Practice

Yellow Sun and green trees,
Red sun gives red trees,
And then, no Sun gives nothing to see...
ironic, isn't?

[Rehn]

Re: Sunday Practice

Lost in distractions,
the present moment
slips by unnoticed

--Rehn

[Govert]

Re: Sunday Practice

When the night falls
suddenly an owl brakes the silence
A strange bird

[Engyo]

Re: Thursday Practice

Right, wrong, better, worse
Opinions, views, mind-candy
My thoughts betray me

Gassho,

[Taylor]

Re: Sunday Practice

I woke early
To a fierce thunderstorm
I laid awake in awe

[Engyo]

Re: Friday Practice

Ancient koan asks
My mind goes 'round in reply
My dog Jake just smiles

Gassho,

[Taylor]

Re: Sunday Practice

Sitting with the misty mountains
Loneliness, fear creep in
My mind suddenly a frantic storm
Still, I sit as the mountain
For that, I am proud

[Engyo]

Care to Renga?

Ever heard of Japanese "Renga" poetry?
As I understand, one poem is composed by two or more people, working in harmony. Neither owning the result. How Zen is that?
Renga is composed using five lines, with the first three resembling haiku in following a 5-7-5 syllable-per-line count and the fourth and fifth lines containing seven syllables each.
I only just started trying haiku with the first post here. I think my feeble attempts are more "hope-so" than haiku, but would anyone be so kind as to help finish this? It needs two more lines of 7 syllables each, along the same theme:

This past, that future
Re-writing and becoming
Mind wasting my time

Gassho,

[Taylor]

Re: Care to Renga?

Ever heard of Japanese "Renga" poetry?
As I understand, one poem is composed by two or more people, working in harmony. Neither owning the result. How Zen is that?
Renga is composed using five lines, with the first three resembling haiku in following a 5-7-5 syllable-per-line count and the fourth and fifth lines containing seven syllables each.
I only just started trying haiku with the first post here. I think my feeble attempts are more "hope-so" than haiku, but would anyone be so kind as to help finish this? It needs two more lines of 7 syllables each, along the same theme:

This past, that future
Re-writing and becoming
Mind wasting my time

Gassho,

Mind time may seem time wasted
But mined mind time, a gold mine! :mrgreen:

More of a response than anything :P