Haiku Play

Quotes of the day:

“When composing a verse let there not be a hair’s breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done in an instant, like a woodcutter felling a huge tree or a swordsman leaping at a dangerous enemy.”
― Matsuo Bashō

“Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.”
― Santōka Taneda, Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Taneda

Old pine branches bounce
gently outside my window
Stillness illusion

Pine branch moving in the breeze

Christmas cactus blooms
wildly with Thanksgiving grace
My heart breaks open

 Look closely at it
Petals arc and dance with grace
Here for a day or two