Several years ago, a group of Poetry Friday friends began writing a haiku a day as a distraction from the chaos swirling around us. Maybe it’s a good thing we didn’t know then just how chaotic the world would become. I’m still seeking solace in small wonders, what Natalie Babbitt, in The Search for Delicious, described as “those commonplace marvels which [the world] spreads so carelessly before us every day.” Here are two haiku celebrating some marvels I noticed this week.
notes of moonsong stream
crickets hum in harmony
lost summer’s lament
bountiful harvest
a pair of sky blue eggs
gleaming suns inside
Draft © Catherine Flynn, 2021
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Ahhhhh. Finding a bit of beauty here from your findings. Thank you. Streaming moonsong — yes, please.
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simply gorgeous! Those gleaming suns inside the sky blue eggs… yes yes and yes! xo
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I remember those ‘commonplace marvels’, Catherine, & yes, we need them more than ever these recent months. I love your “sky blue eggs”. One aunt raised chickens who laid those colorful eggs. We called them Easter-egg hens. Happy Fall!
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Love commonplace marvels. Those humming crickets and eggs are gorgeous!
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May there always be enough time to slow down, appreciate, and write about the commonplace marvels of the world.
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Oh, these are lovely, Catherine! Gleaming suns in sky blue eggs-Wow! Thank you for reminding me to notice the commonplace marvels. Maybe it’s time for me to start writing daily haiku again…
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Love the suns inside the sky blue eggs. Nature has so much solace to offer.
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I think this solace is also called “gratitude”–and this is why I love little children. They are full of commonplace marvels, aren’t they? I was just rereading some of those haiku series, and getting to appreciate moments that I would never have remembered if I hadn’t written them down. Thank you for “moonsong stream” and somehow “a pair of” sky-blue eggs is very different than just one!
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Lovely, especially those eggs and the knowledge that there are suns inside! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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These are lovely! And I love how you tie the ideas of harvest and sun together in your poem about the eggs.
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