Just Karma 138 for July 2016 b

Just Karma 138

fallen fruit

(a mini haibun)

Most of my pacing was back and forth to the clothes line.

Or to the porch or the extra bedrooms where the chicks

used to roost...where quite a bit of an odd memory or craft

supply is stored to sort through what is and what will be

recycled or just for lack of any other use or purpose - pitched

All that before and during the two storms, the second doing

some overnight disarray to the garden potted on the driveway...

a few peppers and

one green tomato taken

in too early

©JP/dh

Just Karma 137 for July 2016 b

Just Karma 137

older, wiser?

(a mini haibun)

A few morning errands, pacing ourselves in the heat.

The stock on the shelves, not there...all bought up.

So we head home in a different direction to stop at

the new antique shop that’s been open for a while -

while I oohed and aahed at the displays on two floors

in rooms tucked here and there; I left empty handed.

Well that’s not entirely true, I left holding his...

by pausing for me,

he melted my heart; my love

grows as the years pass

©JP/dh

Just Karma 136 for July 2016 b

Just Karma 136

summer Saturday

(a mini haibun)

humidity makes us see shelter after walking the lawn behind

the mower. we pile like wet mops, to ride to the cool movie

theatre and travel into the fantasy of outer space...then we

must land back home - where the swallowtail roam seeking

the shelter of shade lured by fragrance. I wonder if that bug

was one of the caterpillars who ate my parsley... how many

years ago was it we watched eggs hatch, critters crawl?

yellow and black flutter,

faster than a crawl; flying

to swallow nectar

©JP/dh

Just Karma 135 for July 2016 b

Just Karma 135

in concert?

(a mini haibun)

an aerial display

the monarch chasing the swallowtail

...away from the butterfly bush.

on a hot humid summer afternoon;

love was in the air.

cool heart beats - insects;

just natural wonders witnessed

in the present moment.

*

lively angel wings

colorful as a rainbow;

just as fleeting too

©JP/dh

Just Karma 134 (N11) for July 2016 b Poets for Peace

Just Karma 134

Native Wisdom 11

Answering the Call...

Perhaps it is true that we only change worlds.

Often as simple as just changing a few words.

Words that are impeccable; written after thinking.

That is what a poet can do, for those who actively

seek and pursue a greater peace.

One can see poetry in nature, the visit of the heron -

This morning at the creek reminding me to live in the

gift of the present; while I enjoy my solitude there are

times that an individual needs to be part of a team to

seek and pursue a greater peace.

There is life. Life that is precious, sacred and blessed. It is

only a few that take to imposing their impossible dreams

of fruitless domination of all that lives to mask their own

insecurities because they have failed to learn how to

seek and pursue a greater peace

©JP/dh

“There is no death. Only change of worlds.”

Seattle [Sealth] (1786-1866)

Suquamish chief

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Poets for Peace / forgottenmeadows  & 

Meaning of the heron

Just Karma 133 (N10) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 133

Native Wisdom 10

year after year...

“two eyes, two ears and

one mouth”; the conversation

remains one sided

©JP/dh ( haiku)

“Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner.

No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no

one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was

the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation.

Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of

silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before

talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the

rule that, “thought comes before speech.”

Luther Standing Bear (1868?-1939) Oglala Sioux chief

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Just Karma 132 (N9) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 132

Native Wisdom 9

Touché

Has my purpose to you been to be your foil?

To always compare to what you did not have?

But then to expect me to always provide from

the pockets that you thought were so deep...

opposites can be

complimentary yet we

push ourselves away

What makes this the year for you to reach

beyond your consciousness and expect the

conformation of a relationship without any

confrontation, conflict or confusion of fact?,

©JP/dh (Free verse, haiku, free verse)

“...everything on the earth has a purpose,

Every disease an herb to cure it,

And every person a mission.

This is the Indian theory of existence.”

Mourning Dove {Christine Quintasket

(1888-1936) Salish

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change