Fall Months, 2024

Haiku is a Japanese poetry form
that consists of three lines
and seventeen syllables,
five on the first and third lines,
and seven on the middle line.

Traditionally, it would be about some aspect
of the natural world,
and would typically express/reflect
one of the four seasons of the year.

My fave is by Ryusui:
A lost child crying
stumbling over the dark fields...
pursuing fireflies

The trick is you won't be arrested
for pursuing any subject matter
in Haiku form.

My sister-in-law
brings noise to life in my life,
trashing my silence. 

And the three lines, 
seventeen syllables
will force you to think about
how to say what needs to be said,
focusing you on what needs to be said,
which is a discipline
that will open you to your own possibilities
in surprising and revealing ways.

I invite you to take up the practice
and see where it goes.