TWO HUNDRED SELECTED HAIKU -
TWO HUNDRED SELECTED HAIKU - 106, 107, 108
Dear friends,
Yes, it’s Winter, and we’re fully embracing the season! Wishing you a marvelous Sunday and a wonderful Christmas filled with love, peace, and tranquility.
If you’re interested in starting or deepening your meditation practice, don’t forget to visit The Heart Room. All meditations have a “Start Here” entry and are numbered, so it’s easy to navigate.
I’ll be taking some time off for a retreat soon, and while I’ll miss you, I believe it’s important for us to learn to love freely and not hold on too tightly. After all, that’s the beauty of our email connections—I’ll be sure to keep you updated when I return!
So, as long as I don’t run into any mishaps on retreat, expect to hear from me again in the future. I’m looking forward to reconnecting, but for now, I wish you a restful and joyful season.
Take care, and see you soon! 106 [Winter 1689-90] byobu ni wa / yama o egaite / fuyugomori [folding-screen on as-for / mountain (acc.) paint / winter seclusion] on a folding screen a mountain has been painted: winter seclusion 107 [Spring 1690] kagero ya / saiko no ito no / usugumori [heat-waves! / saiko's thread's / thin-cloud] such waves of heat now ... the saiko's leaves so threadlike in the thinnest haze 108 [Spring 1690] chó no ha no / ikutabi koyuru / hei no yane [butterfly's wing (nom.) / how-many-times cross-over / wall's roof] a butterfly's wings, fluttering how many times on top of the wall?
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Xanda
#106 is an absolute masterpiece! Thank you so much for sharing (yet again!).
Let me also wish you belated Solstice Blessings and a very refreshing, restorative retreat (with apologies for the alliteration).