In meditation, I find my mind more restless and wandering than usual. The minutes since sitting seem long and drawn out—time has stilled but not my attention. Heaviness is pervasive and a tightness around my heart. I’m conscious of the fan blades moving lazily overhead and a slightly warmed breeze coming through the open window. The sound of tiny birds enters the room coming forth from the birdfeeder hanging just outside. A light, fluttering splash lets me know that someone is bathing in the nearby birdbath. The chimes outside the kitchen door let out an almost imperceptible tinkling as the melody finds its way to my room. silence breaks my heart cold as a mountain peak sunflowers weep Join us at dVerse as Frank Tassone guides us with his Haibun presentation.
Cold as a Mountain Peak
Posted by Bodhirose on February 28, 2022
https://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/cold-as-a-mountain-peak/
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msjadeli
/ February 28, 2022A heartfelt haibun with potent haiku, Gayle/Bodhi. (Not sure which name you prefer so used both.)
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022Thanks so much, Lisa. I’m so preoccupied with the poor Ukraine and the madness of Putin! Gayle is fine…Bodhi is only the name of my blog. 🙂
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msjadeli
/ February 28, 2022You’re very welcome. I understand about the preoccupation, every new photo, video, news report I see it becomes more consuming 😦
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022So true. I feel the same way. xo
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Glenn A. Buttkus
/ February 28, 2022Gayle, so many of our haiku are sad today, but how can they not be, as madmen perch over nuclear buttons?
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022Exactly right, Glenn…that’s where my sadness (and horror) comes from.
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Masa
/ February 28, 2022A very lovely haiku to complete your haibun. Something frightful about one’s perceptions, sometimes.
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022Thank you, Masa. And for sure our perceptions can sometimes be frightful!
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Frank J. Tassone
/ February 28, 2022I love how your haibun captures your struggle with the immediacy of this moment! Well done!
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022Thank you, Frank. My mind is always just a moment away from the sad turn of events that are happening. I’m glad that I could describe that.
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Renee Espriu
/ February 28, 2022Beautiful Gayle! I love the way you have woven this around and through the silence. Enjoy the warmth for me. It has been raining now all day yesterday, last night and today. I long for Spring.
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022Hi Renee and thank you! It appears that we’re already into spring temperatures here. Warm days and still chilly nights…very pleasant. I hope it doesn’t hop into summer too quickly though.
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Ali Grimshaw
/ February 28, 2022A beautifully heartbreaking ending,
silence breaks my heart
cold as a mountain peak
sunflowers weep
I feel it.
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022Thanks for that, Ali. It’s nice to know that it evoked your emotions.
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marialberg
/ February 28, 2022I’ve been feeling that tightness around my heart too. Great detail in your haibun.
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Bodhirose
/ February 28, 2022I think so many of us have been feeling that tightness, Maria. Thank you for coming by.
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Ain
/ February 28, 2022Intricate, intimate picture, and reminds me of moments on the road in my youth. Wonderfully done..
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Bodhirose
/ March 1, 2022Thank you for your kind comment, Ain.
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Gillena Cox
/ March 1, 2022There is deep sadness in your haibun. We all relate to this present situation
Thanks for dropping by my blog
Much love…
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Bodhirose
/ March 1, 2022Yes, I’m deeply sad about what’s happening in the world, Gillena. Thank you kindly for your visit and comment. xo
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ben Alexander
/ March 1, 2022Gayle ~ you convey sadness so well… I really felt this piece.
-David
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Bodhirose
/ March 1, 2022Thank you for that compliment, David. I do appreciate when my writing can bring forth an emotion.
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
/ March 1, 2022I love how you describe the feeling and the sadness so well.. everything is beautiful around you but still the windchimes almost knell for a funeral.
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Bodhirose
/ March 1, 2022I hadn’t thought of the windchimes in that way but I love that you did, Bjorn. I definitely was trying to capture my unease with those outside influences going on. Thank you very much.
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purplepeninportland
/ March 3, 2022Lovely work Gayle! I am finding the same problem with meditation lately.
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Bodhirose
/ March 3, 2022Thanks, Sara. Yes, I’m so preoccupied, makes it more challenging.
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