Groundhog Day, half way to spring

half shadows sharpen

greening paths disappearing,

step attentively

post traumatic stress

Sleeping, demon slain?
She screamed in the dream, awoke,
to own it again.











Some of us have recurring fears, resentments, triggers that threaten our inner joy.  Peace with ourselves may be elusive, and fleeting.  I am learning to face, name, depersonalize and let go of past wrongs.  However, the power we give the inner life of our minds and souls work on.  A nightmare awoke me this morning, reliving a current anxiety with the roles reversed, at which point I realized all the characters in the dream were elements of myself...............
Peace, 

(image: google. Edvard Munch The Scream)

conciousness

Sunset at shoreline
roaring even after dark
sunrise's story.

Winter Ripe

Persimmon branches

honey heavy, suspended.

Turning brown untouched.



Quixotic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlf_F1lVen0

Phoenix fire burns down,
swimming upstream no longer
riding waterfalls

the woman in the moon

see, full moon eclipsed
after longest night returns.
how brightly she shines!

For Dec 8th

death of suffering

enlightenment renewal
bodhi re-birthday






Dec 8th is the celebration of the day of enlightenment of Buddha.  Happy Bodhi day coming up to Buddhists out there.
In this picture is a huge black sea lion, and a tiny young white one.  My 16 year old son took his two friends and I on a grueling hike 4 miles up the canyon above this coastline. (see "Take Me", last post).  At 50, I found for the first time my knee failing me on the way down.....
hopefully just a wake up call to build up to this by staying in shape.
enlightened,
peace.

photo: P. Spaulding

First Freeze

Crystalline phases

white frost, turning greens to brown,

water as slayer.

My seeds are flying.

Windy forces lift them high

to find fertile ground.

Sheilds and swords protect

in battle and hunting games.

Minds must find their own.

my two boys won art awards in a county-wide annual scholarship contest this weekend, you have seen some versions of their work,  another of the lake in snow won 1st place for all high schools in the county, it took time and effort and attention to help them pursue their goals, what a return!

shields

Aura is a veil
proximity frames the day

ravens hide inside
















Photo: Shaver Lake, CA. by J.T. Giese

Autumnal Equinox

Straw man, harvest moon,

looking on the other shore.

Higan rituals?












OK, here is some clarification added after your first comments:  since this is a Haiku, which is Japanese, I couldn't help but reference the Autumnal Equinox ceremonies in Japan, the Higan Rituals. I just can't get over it in one day, the full moon so close to the first day of Fall, here 3 days later I can go on and on.
From internet research: JAPAN: The Spring and Autumn Equinoxes are observed as the six-day celebration: the Higan-e. It is celebrated for three days before and after each Equinox. Six days was chosen because it is based on the six perfections, giving, observance of the precepts, perseverance, effort, meditation and wisdom - needed before one goes from this shore of samsara to the further shore or nirvana. The literal meaning of Higan is 'other shore.' The ritual includes repentance of past sins and prayers for enlightenment in the next life. It also includes remembrance of the dead and visits to the family graves. It is thought that the Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, being the most temperate times of the year, are ideal moments to reflect on the meaning of life. 

 *correct me if I err* 

Dumpster Love

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Lovers in dumpsters

escape detection. Awake!

before they smell us!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is a Poetry Bus Challenge, from the blog by  Argent  at Delusions of Adequacy HERE  If you want to join the bus write a poem or haiku with humor about unrequited love this week.... See Argent for the rules.

Getaway

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Imaginary


breakout. Getaway:  foiled


by awakening.

renewal

Manzanita tines

blacksmith forged bowers starred with

morning glory braids

The 2008 Arroyo Seco/Indians fire burned these river canyons barren.  The morning glories are covering the hillsides now, in green and white.

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rapture

Lupine, lilac or

lavender: delirious

as sunlight kissed lips.
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Happy earth

Kiwi mounded hills



Poppy confettied berries


Whipped clouds a la mode

photo JT Giese Shell Creek Road 2010

A home-cation

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centered triangle

downward dog, cat, master stretch
lions with the lamb
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Spring Blooms

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Festive remnants strewn

in wind brushed mounds, overhead

the party still blooms.

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Horizons

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Green blades pierce vistas

while clouds catch my falling gaze

March is maddening!

Imolc half way to spring

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Half the larder gone

Rams rut, ewes fatten, beds laid,

Find camelia’s blush.

 

(in my rush to win bread, I missed Imolc, half way point between winter equinox and spring solstice.)