Measuring a day
armillary marks the hour
time moving forward
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Measuring a day
armillary marks the hour
time moving forward
Stories to be told
Of our lives during COVID
Write them down today
Waiting for a birth
Pear blossoms ready to pop
Anticipation
Sky and water merge
Up is down and down is up
Reflection of life
Just one word needed
Reminder of connection
We are not alone
The colors of spring
Shout look at me over here
Bright, bold, beautiful
Choose to welcome hope
Now we sit with fear, loss, grief
We can make more room
Aequanimitas
Embrace clearness of judgement
Calmness amid storm
Real leaders are brave
Strength in saying I don’t know
Scared for our country
LIfe’s intersections
Fear, hope, anger, sadness, joy
Converging today
Looking for touchstones
Familiar anchors in life
My morning coffee
Pink buds of springtime
A windowsill reminder
Hope, beauty unfurl
HaikuChallenge20 Redux
Fear is contagious
Isolate to stay healthy
Missing connection
Pale green shoots emerge
Spring didn’t get the memo
Life is not on hold
We are nurses, physicians, patients, editors, beekeepers, writers, educators, parents, grandparents, partners and spouses….we live on the east coast, west coast, and midwest of the U.S. While we are separated by distance we are coming together as humans learning to navigate a global pandemic and invite you to join us. Let’s connect together around a #haikuchallenge20 redux. Each January we join together to write a haiku a day for a month on Twitter and other social media platforms using the hashtag #haikuchallenge with the addition of the last two digits of the year (#haikuchallenge20). We think it is time for a #HaikuChallenge20 redux. Why haiku? Haiku are poems structured in form and simplicity, accessible to many ages and literacy levels. They invite observation, thoughts and emotions that are grounded in the present. Haiku are micro poems that can be said in one breath yet profoundly express many aspects of the human experience. You can follow the simple structure of 3 lines composed of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables or be more freeform. They invite connection around ambiguity. We need haiku more than ever in our “new normal” of COVID-19.
Brian @storkbrian states, “Haiku helps me rationalize the irrational” and shares his haiku of the myriad of emotions that surround us now:
Sirens of safety
Arrogance and ignorance
Global pandemic
Kids on tricycles
Welcome, needed distraction
Spring is in the air
Britta @britta34 adds, “What a weird time to be alive. I think using haiku will be a good, quick way to express the terror in this lifetime, but especially during this pandemic, especially when resources are shutting down and we are being shut-in”
Panic, it fills me
A week ago, let's go back
I finally had hope
Old trauma looks good
Sort of better in a sense
The whole world was fine
Like flipping a coin
It feels like the end of all
Loving kindness time
Max @tpjmax has these thoughts: “I’ve been going through some challenges of late and have found that writing haiku has brought me some solace. It is introspection without isolation, solitude without loneliness; a means of finding connection from within. Bitter humor and anger have filled much of my haiku recently, but then I remind myself to find the connections in nature, to look around, to see with deeper vision, and a shift happens. I’m looking for humor less bitter, more connection, and a lightness in these dark times.”
In finding healing
A haiku is of value
When shared, creates touch
To shelter at home
Removed from humanity
Peace: haiku writing
Toilet paper and
Disinfectant or water
Empty market shelves
Corona virus
Quarantine preserving health
Search for connection
Now turn off the news
Turn in to your life, your home
Find the essential
As we are pulled into the ever-changing vortex, we lose ourselves in fear, anxiety and isolation. The act of writing haiku can be both reflective and connecting. It can create a shared understanding of the human condition — and help us build our resilience together. Please join us as we launch #haikuchallenge20 redux…post as often as you like using the hashtag #haikuchallenge20 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. We are in this together.
@pamressler
@storkbrian
@britta34
@tpjmax
pair of angel wings
appear fragile but are strong
made to surf the waves
what is resilience
does it need a happy end
learning each day
window sill surprise
we all bloom at our own pace
a Christmas cactus?
river in winter
architects construct a home
beavers hard at work
sitting in silence
observing life together
profound gratitude
one bowl of oatmeal
a cup of wabi sabi
meeting the new day
strong and courageous
figurehead leading the way
always a woman