Monthly Haiku: On Form, Humility & Morn
In December I had great hopes for starting 2021 with energy, renewed writing, questions, and haiku projects. And then January started. Earlier this month someone told me that they never count January as the first of the year. January is a month to catch up, clean up, and renew. Save all that energy of new beginnings for February she said. I’m leaning hard into that idea! So if January caught you flat-footed and straining to engage. Let’s look ahead to February, or March, April. . . there are no rules! Yesterday Michael, Davin, and I had our monthly Zoom Haiku call. That time never ceases to amaze me. I love the topics, ideas, and lessons learned when we share our Haikus. Want to listen in… Haibun (Reflection on Haiku) Form is exposed in The winter: we see structure Trees bare, grass gone: form Amy Hoppock The idea of form exposed in winter is not my own. Unfortunately, I can’t remember where I read it first. I love the idea that trees without leaves reveal FORM, the shape that things take. I’ve lived most of my life in places (Idaho) with distinct seasons. I’ve also had the experience of living with seasons in theory, but not in practice. (Southern California) I didn’t realize the power of season until I lived without season, warm and warmer or smog and less smog being the major distinctions rather than long hot days, and short, cold winter days, the breathtaking color of autumn, and the magic of green grass after months of brown. Seasons are important, they remind us of the continuing change that is life. Nothing stays the same. Winter as a season of form is an interesting idea to me. It’s a time that we see what’s beneath the fullness of trees, we see what’s under the scraggly abundance of bushes and beneath the lush ground cover. Form is important, it adds the contour and shape to everything. When form is revealed we know what we are working with. Just as the rhythms of the year give us the gift of seeing form, I think it’s important in our lives, communities, and nation to look at the form, maybe that has been the gift of 2020, a chance to see our form? Visit Michael’s Blog; Profound Living for more on our Haiku Project If you like these questions, please consider SUBSCRIBING to The Art of Powering Down; Questions to Recharge Your Soul… Every week there is a question that will gently challenge you, encourage you, or help you live your life with more intention, grace, and purpose. (Sharing these reflections and questions with friends is the greatest compliment!)
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