hosts: Sanjuktaa Asopa & Vandana Parashar
be still wind
and know rain
that I am trees
--- Renee Owen
(Modern haiku 50.2, 2019, Modern Haiku Favourite Haiku of The Issue Award, The Haiku Foundation 2019 Shortlist for Best Individaul Haiku Award)
open sky :: SAMVAAD | 10th July
Updated: Jul 10, 2022
My reading was linked to two sanskrit vedantic notions.
Tat tvam asi: that thou art.
Aham brahmasmi: I am the divine/universe.
I too could read it in any direction and arrive at both the spiritual spaces mentioned above.
Greetings all, and thanks for your generous words about this haiku. I will tell you a bit more, which may (or may not :) answer some of your questions. With busy and demanding work as a psychotherapist, I’ve committed to taking regular solo personal retreats to recharge, where I immerse myself in nature, write poetry and make art.
A small cabin set in a meadow, within a stone’s throw of a river, is one of my favorite spots. Time spent alone, outdoors in a natural environment, where I’m still and quiet – I become the wind in the trees, the blessed rain, the fox, the fawn, the river coursing to the sea. This experience of unity with all th…
I read it the way Lakshmi did. Close to a parallel haiku, but it's not a parallel haiku because the right side, reads like three separate images.
wind rain trees
If the team could get Renee to explain it might be good.
Thank you.
So many different ways to write a haiku and hats off to Kala Ramesh and entire team for giving to the world this wonderful blog called
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I would really enjoy and feel happy that we really have a dialogue/ conversations within ourselves to ponder on the various types and methods of haiku writing here.
If i just take the left portions, it would read
"be still and know that I am"
Isn't it a thought provoking poem?
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And in the right, there are
"wind rain trees"
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They are the essential properties of nature and inter linked.
So the whole poem is interconnected and a precis of the cosmic being.
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Spilling out my…
Stunning work. A mini autobiography has been written so well. Thank you for sharing!