NEH IV ~ inspired by nature

Same NEH rules

5-7-5-7-5-7-5…..

Something  in nature, earth, wind, fire, water or plant, animal, mineral, from atoms to gravitational webs  we are all one and connected.

The chicken or egg
The question is, what came first
what does it matter

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what does it matter
ether is just fine with me
I love creation

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creation begins
every little drop of rain
containing wonders

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temporary gifts
rainbows, sunsets, rain showers
cloud formations, dew

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cloud formations, due…
this reminds me of a joke.
Have you heard The One

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have you heard The One

spring wind whispered to the sea

waves had the answer

~

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Salty sting clears eyes.
Welcoming a surging wave
In a frolic leap.

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Salty sting clears eyes.
Welcoming a surging wave
In a frolic leap.

Whatta flood of memories and then it dawned on me that some may not have had the joy of swimming in the ocean.  While the salt doesn't sting much for me in my eyes, I've never got used to the taste when I get a mouthful. 

Imagine being about chest deep in water with waves coming at you that are 2-4 foot swells….that is the surging wave.  Now you can take it in your face or over your head as it curls, or you can make this 'frolic leap' a comical jump underwater trying to keep your head above water.  It often works.  Now if the wave is not curling, if you are beyond the break and just experiencing the roll of the swell this frolic leap becomes a little hop to insure your head floats and bobs above the water line and then you regain your footing in the trough.  It is such fun, you become a part of a group of people you do not know, all together anticipating the next swell, all laughing and spitting.  I can taste the salt.

In a frolic leap
I join with all creation
Riding the tide of life

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Ride the tide of life!
Exuberantly I breathe
Air so sweet and fresh

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an aside I just noticed NEH IV inspired by nature….what in nature often appears never ending?

IV

ivy

ok, tis just me that loves synchronicity….

alright then, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

at first I didn't know where to go with this, so I took the obvious.

hatha seal technique~
balance a ball on your nose
while clapping your fins

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While clapping your fins
Bark “YEAH!” and dive on in, deep
What is your ocean?

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Your feet become fins
In a fit of empathy
With your own goldfish

Your feet become fins
The instant you disbelieve
That Darwin was right

Your feet become fins
Gills open at the jawbone
[insert whale-song here]

Your feet become fins
Standing in the high desert -
Patiently you wait

Your feet become fins
naturally sellecting
to swim the future

Your feet become fins
Your body remembering
What it used to be

Your feet become fins
If only for a moment -
Briney murk aglow

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Sorry about that Wil, I get carried away by my seal avatar every now and again.
I really appreciate your thoughtful and insightful haiku's Your vibe is very strong.
Friend,
Lars

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Namaste Lars, no worries!

Now Jikshin, awesome contributions, you were ablaze, in the flow but where do I go from here?  How to honor all your efforts??  See if this suffices…

Your feet become fins
In a fit of empathy
With your own goldfish

With your own goldfish
You can contemplate
That Darwin was right

That Darwin was right
stirs thoughts through time in our seas
[insert whale-song here]

[insert whale-song here]
deciphering the essence
Patiently you wait

Patiently you wait
naturally sellecting
to swim the future

to swim the future
Your body remembering
What it used to be

What it used to be
If only for a moment -
Briney murk aglow

Briney murk aglow
primordial soup is stirred
by the creator

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by the creator
we are blessed to co-exist
in this paradise

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In this paradise
fragrant and green and holy
I love the backyard

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I just read up a bit, and wow! Jikishin, Wil, FastDart, Janet, Mila, everyone… verily, Thou art haiku ROCK STARS!!  Thanks for letting me play.

I love the backyard
crickets, bunnies, birds and squirrels
their choir sings to me

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their choir sings to me
these nature haiku-istas
compose symphonies

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(joyful at Janet's use of word she's coined for us)

compose symphonies
with instruments of love, peace
and of course haiku

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And of course haiku~
Wisdom offered in these seeds
Eve's pomegranate

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Eve's pomegranate
a microcosm of life
juicy miracle

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Exquisite stillness
Dewy, misty morning green
God's fragrance inhaled

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God's fragrance inhaled
Stopping to smell the roses
awe, divinity

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Hey, look - there' s an ant
next to where the dolphin swims
wonder if they chat

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energy of love.
someones been reading my mail
Hey, Mr. Postman.

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hey mr. postman
didn't you used to be a
carrier pigeon?

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Water always wins
flows from the mountains to vales
and back to the sea.

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Water always wins,
it's the dance of the Cosmos.
Runs deep and steady

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Runs deep and steady
upstream to spawn, procreate
and back to the sea.

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And back to the sea.
Rivulets rippling over dazed
mermaids frolicking

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mermaids frolicking
gaze longingly at the shore
the sea is their home

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the sea is their home
so long and thanks for the fish
we can all change course

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We can all change course
North by Northwest I set my
sail towards you

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We can all change course
a ship at sea or rhythms
course soft ebb and flow

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OOPS and So sorry
Fast Dart got past my radar
overlook my muff

With gratitude
Sea

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Course soft ebb and flow
moon has started it's rise above
shines bright in the flow

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Namaste Sea and all…quite easy to fix when we get astray,
simply grab the last line from one add a line to the middle
which honors the last line that was unintentionally overlooked.


shines bright in the flow
a herd of leaves in the stream
sail towards you

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Janet told me that the previous Haiku reminded her of this clip, please enjoy

sail towards you
impeccable alignment
flow naturally

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Flow naturally
from the mountain to the sea
what awaits you there?

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What awaits you there?
The trees rooted like statues,
rise in awe with me

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rise in awe with me
the morning sky bejeweled
breathe in and taste love

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breathe in and taste love
beneath the misty night sky
on soft velvet grass

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on soft velvet grass
I learned to speak butterfly
and made a new friend

hmmm.. that one will be awkward to begin with.  How about

on soft velvet grass
I learned to speak butterfly
with my eyelashes

(Hey, it's better than the first one I thought of: “I ate twenty-three rice cakes - and wrote a weird poem!”)

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with my eyelashes
a flutter with brilliant star
shining reflections

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Shining reflections
Fireflies dance over you
Hear the rhapsody?

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Hear the rhapsody?
The Universe is singing
A Spring symphony!

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A Spring symphony!
Elements combine to play
Crescendos of Love

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Crescendos of Love
Imagination runs wild
winking back at you

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you saw my wink -they ,
made me see a shrink and that,
made me shrunk -what a skunk !

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winking back at you
was a precious, tiny skunk
a rainforest gift

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A rainforest gift
quickly hugged the giant tree
“I love my new home.”

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A room full of love
this hallowed, hollow tree branch
ladybugs snug here

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ladybugs snug here
between glistening moist bark,
soft little snores emit

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little snores emit
softly while ladybugs dream
and astral project

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thanks for the great save

little snores emit
gossamer wings unfolding
beneath burning light

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I'm here for ya, Bud!

and astral project
up to the sun, safe and cool
beneath burning light

beneath burning light
I lift my face joyfully
the sun we all share

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the sun we all share
in nubile delight we
bake brown as biscuits

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bake brown as biscuits
as Bob Marley sings “One Love”
kiss your freckled nose

kiss your freckled nose
sand, sea and sky conspire in
our kaleidoscope

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our kaleidoscope
turns in multi colored light
reflecting your heart

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reflecting your heart
I see simplistic wonder
In lieu of chaos

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reflecting my heart ,your heart -
the heart and soul of the lives -
lost in mother earth disaster -
violence unleased ,fury and storm ,lashing trees-
hearts ripped asunder ,torn apart-
cyclone and thunder ,wind ,white spray ocean-
roaring of sound ,pounding pain

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In lieu of chaos,
even through this violence
nature self corrects

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nature self corrects
calm before, and after storm
has no other choice

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has no other choice
remember, no burden' s large
great mystics taught me

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and my soul awakes.
beating lump, lump, inside waits
with empty patience

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with empty patience
I finally decide to
evolve a little

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evolve a little
progress, advance and transform
self image evolves

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self image evolves
your reflections look back in
surprised fulfillment

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surprised fulfillment
the apple falls from the tree
call it gravity

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call it gravity
continous adventure
landing on my ass

(can we say ass in NEH?)

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falling to pieces
pieces join back different
better than before

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better than before

yet not enough for sure

nature has struck

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sure nature has struck
then with a fierce hurricane
now a gentle breeze

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now a gentle breeze
rustles through leaves and shapes clouds
fluff-topped seeds take flight

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dandelions were exactly what was in my mind when I read the last one…
just the dichotomy, how they sprout right up in a day… a hurricane could easily blow through one day and the very next we'd see dandelions…

fluff-topped seeds take flight
from a field of white puff balls
as the child watches

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Wil, we shared a thought.  I saw dandelions, also pictured the seeds both as tiny first steps to regrowth, and as all of our healing thoughts for them, floating in, spreading freely, taking root.

as the child watches
she sees life stripped to its bones
what will she see next?

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what will she see next ?

perhaps she may see the blue sea

with white foam splashing sand

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White foam splashing sand
creates tingling sensations
paradise on earth

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the earth is trembling
in great anticipation
we call them earthquakes

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we call them earthquakes
sojourner of  a rhythm
deep sacred places

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deep sacred places
exterior disruptions
spirits always safe

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spirits always safe
we experience safeness
when we're connected

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when we're connected
water, earth, wind, and fire
all dance together

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blue footed wonders  

and blue tongued lizards too

coming for us all

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aren't we supposed to stick with the 5-7-5 format here ?

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aren't we supposed to stick with the 5-7-5 format here ?

yes we are, glad you asked, syllables, syllables = sound breaks, if you can hear a new vowel its a syllable, liable 3 syllables, friends one syllable.

5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

flip side, we are all learning and even the experienced make mistakes sometimes.

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loving gravity
The pull depends on the height
Unity in a apple

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Unity in an apple
horizontal slice reveals
star of Venus

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Star of Venus

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ignite the spark of love

let me see the flame shine bright

help overcome the black night

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Overcome the dark
the rays of the sun filters
through the lace curtains.

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through the lace curtains
sunshine and fresh air breezes
dust swirls and dances

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dust swirls and dances
bare feet, long skirt, sufi spins
towards enlightenment

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That's sustainability!
When where what who why and how
All comes together

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All comes together

though not through foul weather

shroud over cloud

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Deep within your'e being

energy rises ,with collective love

chakra's lift accordingly

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lift accordingly
with my arms streched up like this
I feel like a tree

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space for squirrels

secret squirrels , hiding not residing

bushy tails ,alert

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Bushy tails, alert
sifting through pebbles and twigs
hunger satiated.

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hunger satiated.
view unlimited grandeur
breatharian sighs

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Taste love on your tongue
it alone will gratify
I drown in passion.

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I drown in passion
tumbled by the salty waves
kiss of Yemaya

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Kiss of Yemaya
caressing me all over
I fall on the sand.

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God's comfy earth hug
like a cuddly cashmere throw
it's sophorific.

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just ten minutes more.
Demands the Universal
DIVA of Haiku

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casts a magic spell
on a midsummer night's eve
gnomes sigh dreamily

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Gnomes sigh dreamily
as the faeries dance with glee
party's not over.

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party's not over
we leapfrog over toadstools
tipsy on sweet dew

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tipsy on sweet dew

like the hummingbird that flew

tumultously higher towards the sky

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tumultously high
Mountain peak or Sequoia
life soars over each

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life soars over each
blade of grass, wiggling worm
rocks warmed by the sun

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enlightened seeker
finds the universe in a
sparkling grain of sand

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sparkling grain of sand
go ahead, marvel through a
magnifying glass

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a magnifying glass

clearly shows the glitters bright

sparkling colour in the sand

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I soak in its love
even weeds are elegant
clothed in new spring green

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Clothed in new spring green
Smells of after rain freshness
I feel God's presence.

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alas, world must turn
we stay connected to Her
gravity's our friend

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gravity's our friend
sit down for a heart to heart
with the fallen wren

with the fallen wren
a universe passed away
shh… (tap-tap, peck-peck)

shh… (tap-tap, peck-peck)
Come Mama! Look in the nest!
a world is reborn

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a world is reborn

cleansed by the violent fury of storm

now with new life arisen

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but can tap his feet.
to a sympathetic beat,
frozen penguin toes

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frozen penguin toes
still, the eternal question
do penguins have knees?

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do penguins have knees?
ask a gay penguin and see
if he is at ease

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[SNORT!!!]  Good one….I got nothin' just had a laugh.

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if he is at ease ?

well , he would be hard to please

and would freeze his knees!

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and would freeze his knees
(his alleged knees); penguin
water aerobics

water aerobics
graceful, natural movement
Neptune's fluid dance