Haiku Chain

[Nebulae Bred]

I am what I am

Spirit animating dust,

Born of stellar clouds

[Chang]

1 hour ago, Nebulae Bred said:

I am what I am

Spirit animating dust,

Born of stellar clouds

 

Born of stellar clouds

We are stardust and golden

Living and learning.

[Chang]

On 26/06/2018 at 3:37 PM, Chang said:

 

Born of stellar clouds

We are stardust and golden

Living and learning.

 

Living and learning

By the inch it is a cinch

Yard by yard life's hard.

[Nintendao]

On 7/18/2018 at 12:50 PM, Chang said:

 

Living and learning

By the inch it is a cinch

Yard by yard life's hard.

 

Yard by yard life's hard.
Tall grass and weeds plague my yard.
I will mow them down.

 

[Mark Foote]

4 hours ago, Nintendao said:

 

Yard by yard life's hard.
Tall grass and weeds plague my yard.
I will mow them down.

 

 

I will mow them down

but first, I will stand them up

smooth shave every time

Edited July 19, 2018 by Mark Foote

[Chang]

7 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

 

I will mow them down

but first, I will stand them up

smooth shave every time

 

Smooth shave every time

The secrets in the lather

Knowledge from my dad

 

[Nebulae Bred]

On 7/20/2018 at 12:24 AM, Chang said:

 

Smooth shave every time

The secrets in the lather

Knowledge from my dad

 

 

Knowledge from my dad,

In the soil of the garden,

Where my dao blossoms.

Edited July 22, 2018 by Nebulae Bred
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[Chang]

3 hours ago, Nebulae Bred said:

 

Knowledge from my dad,

In the soil of the garden,

Where my dao blossoms.

 

Where my dao blossoms

In the mountains picking herbs

Wherabouts unknown.

Edited July 22, 2018 by Chang

[Nebulae Bred]

3 minutes ago, Chang said:

 

Where my dao blossoms

In the mountain picking herbs

Wherabouts unknown.

 

Whereabouts unknown,

The tail end of the serpent,

Where light must meet dark

[Chang]

2 hours ago, Nebulae Bred said:

 

Whereabouts unknown,

The tail end of the serpent,

Where light must meet dark

 

Where light must meet dark

The blending of yin and yang

Perfect harmony.

 

[Harmonious Emptiness]

On 7/22/2018 at 3:13 PM, Chang said:

 

Where light must meet dark

The blending of yin and yang

Perfect harmony.

 

 

Perfect harmony

In the silent emptiness

Of a mountain sky

 

 

[doc benway]

On 7/27/2018 at 5:13 PM, Harmonious Emptiness said:

 

Perfect harmony

In the silent emptiness

Of a mountain sky

 

 

 

Of a mountain sky

I sing boundless clarity

There is no echo

[Daemon]

There is no echo

As the Song of the Silence

Is reflected back

 

☮️

[Chang]

On 04/08/2018 at 3:23 PM, Daemon said:

There is no echo

As the Song of the Silence

Is reflected back

 

☮️

 

Is reflected back

As per the rule of karma

Sort of tit for tat

[kyoji]

Sort of tit for tat

Not  unlike human nature

Yes this and no that

[kyoji]

On 2018-08-13 at 2:49 PM, Chang said:

 

Is reflected back

As per the rule of karma

Sort of tit for tat

Sort of tit for tat

Not  unlike human nature

Yes this and no that

[Chang]

17 hours ago, kyoji said:

Sort of tit for tat

Not  unlike human nature

Yes this and no that

 

yes this and no that

Right wrong, good bad yin and yang

Oh which way to turn?

[Mark Foote]

10 hours ago, Chang said:

 

yes this and no that

Right wrong, good bad yin and yang

Oh which way to turn?

 

Oh which way to turn

if I could just see to step

off the beaten path

[Chang]

20 hours ago, Mark Foote said:

 

Oh which way to turn

if I could just see to step

off the beaten path

 

Off the beaten path

March to a different drum

My feet firm planted

[sagebrush]

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Edited August 30, 2018 by sagebrush

[Mark Foote]

On 8/26/2018 at 8:49 AM, Chang said:

 

Off the beaten path

March to a different drum

My feet firm planted

 

My feet firm planted.

As sagebrush wrote, " ' "--clear enough!

But then... who's to say

Edited September 11, 2018 by Mark Foote

[Kara_mia]

But then... who's to say

If empty.

Ten thousand things became the One.  

 

 

 

[Chang]

On 20/09/2018 at 8:08 PM, Kara_mia said:

But then... who's to say

If empty.

Ten thousand things became the One.  

 

 

 

7 5 7 syllables in Haiku. Try this

 

But then...who's to say

Ten thousand things become one

In the empty pot.

[Chang]

Just now, Chang said:

7 5 7 syllables in Haiku. Try this

 

But then...who's to say

Ten thousand things become one

In the empty pot.

 

In the empty pot

All things may yet manifest

For the Taoist Sage.

[Mark Foote]

7 minutes ago, Chang said:

 

In the empty pot

All things may yet manifest

For the Taoist Sage.

 

 

For the Taoist Sage,

the edge of the cliff at hand,

there's no jumping off