Just Karma 30 for October 2015 b

Just Karma 30

(Elfje and free verse combo)

Grand Dreams

watching

her sleeping

sweet child napping

dreaming of chipmunks and

butterflies

still slightly agitated by your

assumptions, demands and non-response,

I tossed,  turned and churned

most of last night away

butterflies,

their transformation -

they’re not ‘chimpmucks’

that’s her pronunciation; I

laugh

live and learn through

a child’s eyes if you get the chance

- she is but one of my

dreams come true

you

can keep

your own flighty

dreams because I’m keeping

mine

©JP/dh

Just Karma 29 for October 2015 b

Just Karma 29

(free verse/ Elfje/ free verse)

silence is said to be golden.

understanding yours is puzzling -

understanding you is puzzling -

do you think I am heartless

because I enjoy silence?

did

you know

that in this

game of tag - you’re

‘it’

no news is said to be good...and

you do know where to find me.

I’m not hiding from your or your friends,

silence doesn’t have to have a color -

silence can be peaceful.

©JP/dh

ik 227 for October 2015 b

ik 227

dodoitsu/haibun

animal house?

bear with me on this theme please

grizzly as it may seem;

I’d rather be free than in

the circus dancing

lovely how it is

that our emotions provide

daily amusement

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Don’t criticize.

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.

“Dodoitsu is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo Period.

Often concerning love or work, and usually comical,

Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines

with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme or metre.”

 haibun =  poetic verse including haiku

ik 226 for October 2015 b

ik 226

dodoitsu/haibun

a good doff

this misunderstood reptile

has a place in my garden -

gifted me a whole molting;

we grow from shedding

lovely how it is

that nature provides us with

such diversity

©JP/dh

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/doff?s=t

http://grammarist.com/spelling/molt-moult/

Inspired by: Shed your past like a snake’s skin.

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.

“Dodoitsu is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo Period.

Often concerning love or work, and usually comical,

Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines

with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme or metre.”

 haibun =  poetic verse including haiku

ik 225 for October 2015 b

ik 225

dodoitsu/haibun

delusional

jackasses bray, looking sad

they are manipulators

always kicking up the dust -

work at complaining

lovely how it is

you think I’ll work for you; that

isn’t happening

©JP/dh 10.2.13 for 10.3.15

Inspired by: Learn what is necessary and what is not.

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.

“Dodoitsu is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo Period.

Often concerning love or work, and usually comical,

Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines

with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme or metre.”

 haibun =  poetic verse including haiku

ik 224 for October 2015 b

ik 224

dodoitsu/haibun

relative humility

hyenas will laugh long at

everything including your

successes but not at their

own misstep failures

lovely how it is

always my fault when your plans

falter - who laughs now

©JP/dh 10.2.15

Inspired by: Associate with like-minded people.

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.

“Dodoitsu is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo Period.

Often concerning love or work, and usually comical,

Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines

with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme or metre.”

ik 223 for October 2015 b

ik 223

dodoitsu/haibun

strategic move  

third party invitation -

uninvited guest enters;

there is a pink elephant

dancing in the room

*

lovely how you wish

upon that shooting star with

your eyes tightly closed

©JP/dh

Inspired by: Make plans you can look forward to.

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.

“Dodoitsu is a form of Japanese poetry developed towards the end of the Edo Period.

Often concerning love or work, and usually comical,

Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines

with the syllabic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme or metre.”