After days of rain
The river’s running quite high
An eagle watching
Tag: haiku
Evaluating Life
Evaluating
Are actions aligned with goals?
Deliberate change
Doing some personal evaluation right now. Clarifying my goals: what I want to do, what I want my life to mean. Hard, but necessary, especially when I put everything on the table: nothing sacred, all challenged. Ensuring only what is truly enriching remains.
This kind of work is hard. Rewarding, but hard. Hard to look at decisions and paths thinking “is it time to let this go”? But that’s the only way to keep moving forward.
Morning Meditations
Another morning
Dreaming crafting the greatest future
Sitting silently
Poetry as Witness
My heart now broken
Grace within the brutalized
Within all this? Hope!
I finally listened to this story this evening. This gem comes from the CBC.
The Indian schools were a period of unmitigated evil. It breaks my heart to see the savagey with which we were delighted to
Freedom’s Conundrum
Freedom’s conundrum
By being unlimited
Discipline saves us
A Sunday Night Meditation
Life moves at this blur
Days blend together quickly
Cherish these moments
It’s hard at times to keep all this mental motion together. I blink and my son’s taller, the other children around become adults. And I age. Gracefully, I’m sure. But with certainty.
Tonight, As Sleep Approaches
Sleep approaches me
The darkness cocooning me
Rain gently falling
A busy day concluded. Time with dear friends exploring one of Seattle’s great landmarks. Now, though, it’s time to sleep.
I hope your day was rewarding, that it was all you’d hoped it would be.
Good night, dear ones, good night!
My Neighbors Walking
A little boy skips
His hand in his mother’s hand
Beauty as light fades
A Black History Month Haiku
Black History Month
We forget the dead, white guys
Just for this month
Seeking out ways to incorporate the these into my daily readings and writing. Are you doing anything creative?
A Good Night Haiku
Tonight’s Good Night Haiku
As the night moves on
And my wakefulness ending
Slumber’s beauty calls
Good night, my internet friends