Tag Archives: meditation

Renewal

Posted on August 5, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #254 – “Second Wind” “Everything takes an effort. Big or small, we do our best to complete the task at hand. And even if we stumble along the way, we find we can pick … Continue reading →

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Patches

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #244 – Motivation:  Humility “If you think yourself to be too great for small tasks, then you are too small for the great ones.” “Write of humility. Humble in your life or in the … Continue reading →

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Having Fun

Posted on February 21, 2019 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Fun Can you list 10 ways you have fun?  (posted by Susan) “And the sun and the moon sometimes argue over who will tuck me in at night. If you think I am having more … Continue reading →

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Morning Meditation

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Solitude  (posted by Kim) “I regularly read Brain Pickings by Maria Popova and a recent one had an article about Hermann Hesse on solitude.  The article starts by describing how Hesse’s ideas about … Continue reading →

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ease

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #7 Christmas stress (meditation) New Year’s Eve the sound of fireworks resonates against the snow after the fireworks the rustling of bare branches nothing has changed © Chèvrefeuille (our host) Here is … Continue reading →

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Gardens of Beauty

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Namasté, the Spiritual Way #4 keepers of the earth “Be a keeper of the earth, live with nature as if you see it for the very first time. See that apple as if you see it … Continue reading →

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Breathe

Posted on December 22, 2016 by

Written for:  Elizabeth’s Creativity Challenge – Day 31 Word for today:  Breathe In class of strength and balance, each exercise is a lesson in inhaling and exhaling  at proper times. At home I listen to meditation.   Sitting in my chair, I inhale deeply, exhale slowly. … Continue reading →

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Stillness

Posted on November 13, 2016 by

Written for:  Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads For this challenge, find your still place in a poem. It can be new or something that has long resonated in you—whatever makes offers the most grace to our lily pond. Or maybe … Continue reading →

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Meditation

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh #2 “tangled thoughts . . .” (tanka) Kala is not only a gifted haiku poetess, but she also writes beautiful tanka in a very nice and personal way. Her tanka are … Continue reading →

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Meditation

Posted on February 2, 2016 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #907,  Meditation I think you all will have ideas about meditation and every one of you will have experienced meditation through haiku composing. To me creating haiku is a kind of meditation and that is (in my … Continue reading →

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