Thank you...I have shared this on my WhatsApp group of few friends writing the 72 Japanese micro-seasons. We are on our second year, and are this year writing haiku. Hope you don't mind 💙
Hi Janey - thank you for sharing with your friends. That sounds like such a wonderful project, and having that haiku community is so nourishing. I've been meaning to look more into the 72 Japanese micro-seasons so that's a good prompt for me!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful post, Olivia! As someone completely new to Haiku (we didn't study it in school where I grew up!), I've always thought of it as just a poetry format. Your framing of it as a mindfulness practice is a complete revelation, and I love mindfulness - it helps me a lot in my life. The idea to focus one's observation on a single moment feels comfortably grounding and incredibly appealing. You've inspired me to try this on my next mindful walk :)
I'm so happy to hear that you are going to try this out! I've found it to be such a lovely, grounding practice. Would love to hear any reflections you have from your walk!
Thank you...I have shared this on my WhatsApp group of few friends writing the 72 Japanese micro-seasons. We are on our second year, and are this year writing haiku. Hope you don't mind 💙
Hi Janey - thank you for sharing with your friends. That sounds like such a wonderful project, and having that haiku community is so nourishing. I've been meaning to look more into the 72 Japanese micro-seasons so that's a good prompt for me!
I love this, Olivia. I set myself a similar challenge a few years ago and wrote one haiku a day for a whole year.
Thank you Sarah! And congratulations on a whole year of haiku, that's a real commitment. You must have learnt so much along the way.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful post, Olivia! As someone completely new to Haiku (we didn't study it in school where I grew up!), I've always thought of it as just a poetry format. Your framing of it as a mindfulness practice is a complete revelation, and I love mindfulness - it helps me a lot in my life. The idea to focus one's observation on a single moment feels comfortably grounding and incredibly appealing. You've inspired me to try this on my next mindful walk :)
Cheers,
Yana
I'm so happy to hear that you are going to try this out! I've found it to be such a lovely, grounding practice. Would love to hear any reflections you have from your walk!
Olivia walks—
cold wind bites, rain taps her face,
mud clings to her shoes.