Poetry

詩の挑戦 (Poetry Challenge - Uta no chōsen) - 6日目 (day 6) A series of caws (5) Plentifully synchronized (7) Mourning the deceased (5)

詩の挑戦 (Poetry Challenge - Uta no chōsen) - 5日目 (day 5) Saturated ground (5) melting snow reflects the sun (7) 春が来た (5) (はるがきた (harugakita)、Spring has come)

詩の挑戦 (Poetry Challenge - Uta no chōsen) - 4日目 (day 4) Leave a comment below on your daily poem ! Walking empty streets (5) Keeping cautious distances (7) valuing smiles (5)

詩の挑戦 (Poetry Challenge - Uta no chōsen) - 3日目 (day 3) Comment your own poem below ! Sipping hot coffee (5) Restless winds soaring through trees (7) Social distancing (5)

詩の挑戦 (Poetry Challenge - Uta no chōsen) - 2日目 (day 2) Comment your own poem below ! Winters bite 冬はかむ Fuyu wa kamu (5) Restless wind 落ち着かない風 Ochitsukanai-fū (7) Halting time 停止時間 Teishi jikan (5)

詩の挑戦 (Poetry Challenge - Uta no chōsen) - 1日目 (day 1) Comment your own poem below ! Overheard a man (5) Under sounds of blowing wind (7) 'Inside, be simple' (5)

Piping hot coffee Silence of snowflakes falling Through the holidays T he essence of what society has built and classified as the holidays gives most of us this sense of peace, time off, and wintery-Christmas theme. Mysterious smell Progressively expanding Lingering about  T rying to figure out where the mysterious smell was coming from, while practicing mindfulness and writing a haiku in the moment. Clouded turbulence Homebound facing horizon Fleetingness voyage Stuck in an airplane, bound to the seat, with nothing but the views of clouds and destinations in mind. It can sometimes feel like the best feeling, like the right way to feel in between. Swift deafening winds Deep within lush cedar bog Drowns the natures song Hiking through Cedar Bog, practicing mindfulness and connecting with nature through the simple breath. Destination-less Orange encrusted monarch As calm wind shall blow Searching for nothing, yet everything always works out in nature in the end...