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Janey Thompson's avatar

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 💙

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To Hear the Trees Speak's avatar

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!

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Sarah Farley's avatar

I love this, Olivia. I set myself a similar challenge a few years ago and wrote one haiku a day for a whole year.

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To Hear the Trees Speak's avatar

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.

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Yana Varankova's avatar

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

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To Hear the Trees Speak's avatar

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!

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Spkzkym's avatar

Olivia walks—

cold wind bites, rain taps her face,

mud clings to her shoes.

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