“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
Deep in the woods behind our house is a pond where our boys fished in the spring, searched for turtles and snakes in the summer and fall, and ice skated in the winter. As they grew older, they spent less time in the woods and at the pond, and the path that led to it became overgrown and impassable.
Earlier this fall, my husband cleared the path and the pond was accessible to us again. I spent some time there a few weeks ago, soaking up the peacefulness of the woods. It was a perfect spot to find “commonplace marvels” and to be inspired for Mary Lee’s #haikuforhealing.
cloudshadows float across
the pond’s unruffled surface:
sky mirror
© Catherine Flynn, 2016
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Catherine, your post today is reflective and brings a sense of serenity to my morning. I am responding to your reply to Margaret’s haiku at my PF post.
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Catherine, your picture and poem remind me so much of our pond. I love the way you have described this place of wonder.
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Beautiful haiku and photo– perfection!
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Gorgeous, Catherine. You make me wish for a pond nearby. I have one I can drive to, maybe time to do so. Merry Christmas!
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Cloudshadows! I love that. And your call to “reflect” here….
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May we all hack a path to a place that will heal our hearts.
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What a treasure you have, deep in the forest. I enjoyed your poem and photo!
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Ha–Carol calls your poem “reflective”!
Catherine, this is anything but commonplace–to have a pond, to revisit the site of growth and change, to see sky and earth in one frame…I can imagine a person returning from that place unruffled.
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Glad your husband made the pond accessible again! It looks like a place worth seeking out. Beautiful haiku.
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“Skymirror” is indeed very apt – the image is exquisite proof of that.
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