A Dozen Forget-Me-Nots

Jul 28

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Forget-me-nots before us,
a sea of grass behind us—
the journey begins.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
What were you thinking
when you took forget-me-nots
instead of a sword?
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Why are you blooming
in my heart, forget-me-not?
I planted lilacs!
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
On another day
I will pick forget-me-nots—
today the lilacs!
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Around the blue bowl
a wreath of forget-me-nots—
sky on my table!
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
As if I would know
your strange tongue, forget-me-not,
you began to speak.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Perhaps it wasn’t
a forget-me-not I heard,
but a wren breathing.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
I could not banish
visions of forget-me-nots
from a single dream.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Give me your blessing,
bright Sister Forget-Me-Not—
I walk through the gate.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
In the cathedral,
bouquets of forget-me-nots
adorn the altar.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Hearing praying monks,
three drooping forget-me-nots
suddenly perk up.
 
~~ ~~ ~~
 
Hidden here with God
and sprays of forget-me-nots,
what more do I need?

 
© 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Posted on July 28, 2012, in haiku, Haiku Heights, Haiku My Heart, senryu. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.

  1. Green Speck | July 28, 2012 at 4:23 am

    You create magic with your haiku … lovely !!!

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  2. sparklysilverstars | July 28, 2012 at 6:39 am

    You get so many thoughts on one prompt…That’s great…Lovely set!

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  3. lenwilliamscarver | July 28, 2012 at 6:49 am

    the beauty of nature and the maker, beautiful Haiku

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  4. artmusedog | July 28, 2012 at 7:46 am

    You obviously love to write haiku and do so ~ very well ~ wonderful ! ~~ thanks, namaste, (A Creative Harbor)

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  5. 4joy | July 28, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    wow, prolific today, aren’t you? Well, never mind because each haiku is sky-blue lovely…

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  6. annie | July 28, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    The journey begins in the first haiku and ends with God in the last. The build in between is carefully paced. Beautiful.

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  7. Ron. | July 28, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    Geez, teacherman; not a clunker in the bunch. Each a gem. Bravo!

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  8. Vaishali Jain | July 29, 2012 at 12:12 am

    *Bows* I read it and re-read it many more times. BEAUTIFUL! In the first read, I found the following quite cute:
    “Why are you blooming
    in my heart, forget-me-not?
    I planted lilacs!”

    But reading it again, I felt each haiku contributed to the beauty of the poem… the journey.

    I’ll keep reading. Thank you! 🙂

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  9. vivinfrance | July 29, 2012 at 12:44 am

    A delightful set. My particular favourite is:

    Around the blue bowl
    a wreath of forget-me-nots—
    sky on my table!

    The idea of a wren breathing is also beautiful.

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  10. Rallentanda | July 29, 2012 at 3:33 am

    It is so disappointing when you are looking forward to lilacs and end up with forget me nots.
    Nice set of haiku.

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  11. Grace | July 29, 2012 at 7:17 am

    I love the offering specially the lilacs and alter ~ Great post today ~

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  12. MentalMakeovers | July 29, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    I love the last haiku – beautiful

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  13. Loredana Donovan | July 29, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    Wow, how creative that you wrote a set of a dozen haiku, each so lovely like receiving a bouquet of flowers from you 🙂

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  14. Chevrefeuille | July 30, 2012 at 6:12 am

    What a wonderful dozen of haiku MMT on forgot me nots. A joy to read them again and again. I love the one on praying monks. Well done.

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  15. gabrielle | July 30, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    Such abundance! A joy to read them all. The two with the lilacs were especially poigant.

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  16. Leo | August 1, 2012 at 8:33 am

    Beautiful dozen, MMT 🙂 Maybe the lilacs are demanding their turn now.. and perhaps, a different color to grace your blue world.

    Leo

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  17. Mark M. Redfearn | August 2, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    The one about the wren breathing breathes new life into my soul. Thank you!

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  18. Kathy | August 3, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    Another round of sensational haiku…oops ..that’s another blog…anyway, they are full of thoughts..;)

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