Present Haiku
I present to you
dear ladies and gentlemen
life as we know it
It may sound cliched
but when you're present with me
it's the greatest gift
If I can't give you
my presence and attention
I can't give you much
"Be here now," he said
after he had left himself
and his name behind
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These poems were all inspired by the prompt "present" on Haiku Horizaons. Take a look.
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 7:08 PM
8 Comments:
Hi Rabbi,
I love this one, Present Haiku. Did you write it? I'm going to share it with my yoga teacher, Janet. Being in the moment is incredibly difficult, at least for me. When I'm climbing a mountain, I'm often only thinking about where to put my next footstep, and am in the moment.
Robin
I love the way you present various flavors of the prompt Rabbi. The second one is just perfectly romantic :)
You write in the present Neil. Well done ! We should all live this way.
"Be here now," he said
after he had left himself
and his name behind
this one has a divine quality ...leaving himself and his name behind ...a parting of the soul ...or an apparition ...a thousand thought from a single vine !
I'm reminded of the refrain of the birds in Aldous Huxley's "Island": "Here and now, boys, here and now!"
Present in the Children’s Park
Nice! Thanks MMT.
Sorry I didn't reply here sooner, Robin. yes, I wrote it. It's a serious thing, being present.
Sorry that I didn't get to properly respond to all comments here. I have tried to accommodate a couple of people who asked that I not use the word verification. But I fear spam, so I took the advice of using moderation. But I thought it would email me alerts and that's not happening. So I keep missing comments and then okaying them and then they appear. Sigh.
Thanks Raj, Cheryl, Reshma. Glad these resonate.
The one about being present worked well via G-d and my subconscious, butter than I could have possibly consciously planned it- isn't writing often that way?
For the one about someone leaving their nae and self behing and had in mind something and someone specific, someone who said that line...
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