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Haiku: A Poppy Blooms

by Tommy Carr

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Haiku are traditional Japanese three-line poems that conform to a standard pattern. In the original Japanese, the first line had five syllables, the second seven, and the third: five again. The beauty lies in the simplicity and natural focus... | "I write, erase, rewrite | Erase again, and then | A poppy blooms." | - Katsushika Hokusai | Simply listening to and contemplating haiku can open and free the mind.

PoetryImpermanenceNatureCreativityContemplationMindfulnessHaikusNature VisualizationsPoetry MeditationsCreative Process

Transcript

I write,

Erase,

Rewrite,

Erase again and then a poppy blooms.

I write,

Erase,

Rewrite,

Erase again and then a poppy blooms.

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