Chaiku: One Humanity

On 05/26/202005/28/2022 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments, unchained verse5 Comments

intentions, words, deeds
wounding or fulfilling needs
One humanity

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Chaiku: Brazen Grin

On 04/13/202005/28/2022 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments

early morning sunlight
piercing my darkness
with a brazen grin

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Chaiku: Bended Knee

On 04/12/202005/28/2022 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments6 Comments

upon bended knee
i thanked a tree in the woods
for tutoring me

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Chaiku: Clay Feet

On 04/12/202004/04/2021 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments9 Comments

silently the night creeps in,
tiptoeing past smashed pottery,
why do all my idols have clay feet?

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Buddhist Haiku

On 08/16/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku8 Comments

Enlightenment!
reflected in the murkiness
of a rain puddle

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Chaiku: Cosmos

On 08/16/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku5 Comments

The entire cosmos
exists within one dewdrop
on a blade of grass

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Buddhist Haiku #8

On 08/16/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku6 Comments

You are a droplet
within you is contained
the entire ocean

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Buddhist Haiku #7

On 08/15/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku8 Comments

Futilely looking outside
for that found within
you are what you seek

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Buddhist Chaiku

Buddhist Haiku #5

On 08/15/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku17 Comments

Allow what arrives, to arrive.
allow what leaves to go
entertain what remains

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Buddhist Haiku #4

On 08/15/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments6 Comments

Follow the leader
is only a children’s game
trail-blaze your own way

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Buddhist Chaiku

Buddhist Haiku #3

On 08/15/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku1 Comment

An insincere friend
more harmful than a wild beast
wounds spirit, not flesh

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Buddhist Chaiku

Buddhist Haiku #2

On 08/15/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments4 Comments

Teachers are a raft
your mind, a fresh mountain stream
provide your own oars

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Buddhist Chaiku

Buddhist Haiku #1

On 08/15/201510/10/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments2 Comments

Clicking prayer beads
painful on arthritic hands
healing to the soul

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Buddhist Chaiku

Chaiku: Velvet Background

On 08/13/201507/24/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments4 Comments

The darkness of my sorrow
a velvet background
for the stars

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Chaiku: Rain Sobbing

On 08/12/201507/24/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments9 Comments

Deep in the woods
i heard the sound of the rain sobbing
maybe it was me

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Chaiku: Wings

On 07/21/201507/24/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments7 Comments

Believe you can fly
a voice whispered in my ear
was it just a dream?

© 2005 Mother Wintermoon

Chaiku: Autumn Leaves

On 07/07/201508/05/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments5 Comments

Brittle, autumn leaves
remind me of human hearts
so easily crushed

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Chaiku: Exorbitant Price

On 07/03/201507/31/2020 By Mother WintermoonIn chaiku, falling word fragments5 Comments

My soul is leasing
the body i inhabit,
exorbitant price

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