ik 175 for August 2015 b

ik 175

(Jack Collum American Lune series)

Examples

business managers can

learn from parents that encouragement

creates healthy attitudes

we do not

have to like every chore;

teamwork is key

healthy attitudes create

people who are willing to

go extra miles

*

Inspired by: Give feedback and praise when you

delegate responsibility.

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh  

Jack Collum American Lune

3/5/3 words in three lines

ik 174 for August 2015 b

ik 174

(American tanka)

Returned

in around midnight

time allowed me to ignore

his alarm clock buzz

to do list will be tackled

at a reasonable rate

*

Inspired by: Give sleep the attention it deserves.

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh  

ik 173 for August 2015 b

ik 173

(an Elfje)

On the Town

Up

The hills

To walk down

The twisty Lombard,

Then ride a Cable

Car

(To ride almost the full length, back to where we started)

*

Inspired by: Explore what you like to do.

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh  

http://www.sftodo.com/lomabardcrookedstreet.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system

ik 172 for August 2015 b

ik 172

(American renga)

Easy Does It

we were just talking

about communicating

which is listening -

being thoughtful on how to

react to negative folks

spinning positive

adjustments to lighten the

load they deposit

*

Inspired by: Life is ten percent what happens to me and

ninety percent how I react to it (Lou Holtz)

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh  

ik 171 for August 2015 b

ik 171

(haiku type series)

being human

the sun rises in

the east and sets in the west,

natural phases

it is the earth that revolves

so too we can resolve to

follow guidelines, yet

like the moon we can be drawn -

natural phases

ego can inflate, deflate,

as it listens or ignores

the sun and the moon

and all that nature offers -

natural phases

 *

Inspired by: Zen demands attention to life’s ordinary details -

where we put things down, how we pick them up.

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh  

ik 170 for August 2015 b

ik 170

(a sedoka)

Park It

about twenty-five

years ago we helped build ‘it’

grounds getting revamped this year

fence post with our name

returned to us - we plan to

help in some way with the new

 *

Inspired by: Design and build a children’s

playground.

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh

A single Sedoka has six lines, and the syllable count is 5,7,7,5,7,7

ik 169 for August 2015 b

ik 169

(a tanka)

pass on being provoked

disengage from strife

do not be goaded into

arguing moot points

listen, learn, make the best choice

differences can be good

 *

Inspired by: Refuse challenges to duel.

from: Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipfer

8,879 ways to give yourself and others

good fortune right now.

*

Karma is cause and effect. Dharma means cosmic law.

Yoga is enlightenment through movement and Tao is the

practice of acting in harmony with the fundamental essence

of everything you encounter.

Note: my haiku (or other forms) are my interpretations

or of how I might put the inspirational sentence

into practice, for me.  Also, I am going in my own order.

©JP/dh

American tanka syllable count

5/7/5 line space 7/7