Charnwood Grove Spring Equinox Workshop,
March 2019
Haiku is an ancient Japanese poetry form, but they are much written in the West today. The essence of Haiku is ‘cutting’- or juxtaposing two images or ideas.
Haikus are very short and succinct. Traditionally they have 17 syllables in three lines of five, seven and five. They usually have a seasonal reference too, so this is a perfect time to write them. This is what we wrote at the Spring Equinox workshop 2019.
The last one refers to a little local difficulty we had. Don’t ask!
Falling into dark,
You swallow pink seeds;
She rises again.
My bright summer sun,
Eyes bursting alive again.
I, sad, sit darkly
A crowded town street
People flowing, melted down,
Each house a guard point.
Raven rainbow flight
Rising, swiftly, tree-top dancing.
Anchored, I sit below.
The new warmth will come
And bring life to some
People now are waiting for.
Nature draws a breath
And calls us to embrace Spring.
Sun! Where have you been?
Bird flies through trees,
Blossom flutters through the air,
Scent intoxicates.
The winter’s ending-
Mother Earth rising again.
Colour, light and warmth.
Daffodils awash;
The birds and bees are active-
Summer is coming
Green to golden brown;
Rewards from all our labours-
Plentiful bounties.
It’s getting colder-
The leaves fall from the tall trees.
Short nights, water freeze.
Daylight knows no monsters;
I dance in the daylight,
Yet dusk is my home.
When darkness surrounds us
The moonlight keeps watching.
So begins our rebirth.
Persephone’s Spring
Dances deep in the flowers.
Snatched, gone and blasted.
A moment in time;
Dark turning night into day.
Light in the balance.
Looking forward to a Druid meeting,
Driving gently down the track,
Stop! Said farmer John.
You cannot enter here.
