warm sanctuary
books stained by hands in true need
grateful for dear words
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today I’m thankful for libraries.
for the shelter + knowledge + comfort + hope they provide freely to all.
so I wrote a haiku about it cause words are cool.
I invite you to share your own gratitude haiku if you’d like here. I’d love to read them! They are pretty simple. A short, unrhyming poem written in a three-line, seventeen-syllable format.
First line 5 syllables
Second 7 syllables
Third 5 again
Gift of awareness
The love of my family
Wisdom thru Loosid
Not much of a writer or scholar, but I think I nailed it
Nice, I think ya did too!
With you on those sentiments as well.
They can be silly or serious, I don’t think you have to be either a writer or scholar for haiku’s- that’s what I love about them.
Thanks for throwin’ one in.
Having awoken
From darkness so very deep
Living life fully
The dog wags its tail
Knowing only the present
That is sober joy
Haha. It’s okay.
I’m just glad you tried Leidy
I like the ambiance you created with that one. My first on the one I did here, I inadvertently rhymed and changed it. Traditionally they don’t rhyme but you can do you. This is just for fun.
Only thing is the adherence to syllables is the kicker to these.
Five-seven-five is the aim. So the entire poem would have 17 total. So reworked yours could look like:
Jazz on rainy nights
Midnight fox down moon lit streets
Chamomile tea, sleep
I can very much relate to this one.
Thank you for sharing Jason.
May the living always be full and the shadows kept at bay.
A sweet reminder, Al.
Thank you!
My pup has a great ability to keep me in the moment + outta my head on our walks. Watching them so blissfully unaware of anything but the present can be contagious. Very grateful for our four legged friends.
“Animals never worry about Heaven or H€ll. neither do I. Maybe that’s why we get along” ― Charles Bukowski
Goodbye alcohol
It was fun then it was not
Meditate and destroy
Holes within the whole
I sat with my shadowed self
Till the light poured in