haiku my heart with faith, wisdom, and new birth

Gabriel brings faith,


The Magi ancient wisdom--


Miracle of birth.

The birth of my first grandchild to my son and his wife this week revealed how truly miraculous new life is and how how the grace of angels and spiritual savants are there to guide us in their many forms. Be still and listen...

Haiku my heart is the vision of Rebecca Brooks at "recuerda mi corazon." If you would like to participate, just post your haiku on Fridays with an accompanying photo on your blog and link back to recuerda mi corazon.

Mary--the trusting heart

The star led Mary


~Artwork by Marianne Stokes

To a place of hope and joy--



Evergreen renews.


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haiku my heart - source of renewal

Day of the Dead shrine~



Fallen tree bows to young cubs.



Source of renewal~


"Fallen tree bows to young cubs" is my photo of the illustration "Follow the Leader" by Philip R. Goodwin.


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haiku my heart ~ eve of destruction

Blue sky and koi pond



Change to gold chrysanthemums--



Eve of destruction~


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haiku my heart - ebb and flow

Ebb tide quiets life







Only to send it flowing



Back, fish in the net.


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haiku my heart - five-petal blue rose

The cosmic circle,
Mary's sacred space,
Holds the pure blue rose.






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haiku my heart - Treasure!

The shimmering path




Beckons to find a treasure--




Columbine whimsy!


photo of Californian columbine taken by Jessica Wilson


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haiku my heart

"God was a rabbit"
Whose voice spoke in a subtext--
My earthly empath.

The first line is the title of the novel When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman.)

Haiku my heart is the vision of Rebecca Brooks at "recuerda mi corazon." If you would like to participate, just post your haiku on Fridays with an accompanying photo on your blog and link back to recuerda mi corazon.

haiku my heart - dance as theater

(Please turn off Carla Bruni before playing this--thanks and sorry.)

Pina dances love,
Joy, freedom, struggle, desire
On the stage of life.

The documentary Pina by Wim Winder is a tribute to Pina Bausch, the avant-garde German choreographer whose philosophy was: "Dance, dance; otherwise we have lost."


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haiku my heart - freedom of the soul

Mountain laurel sings



Of the coolness amid trees--



When was life freer?


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haiku my heart - liberation

The green linnet sings
Without the hope of parole.
Freedom fighter chirps!




Green Finch and Linnet Bird sung by Jayne Wisener from Tim Burton's movie, Sweeney Todd.

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haiku my heart - the golden spiral

~my spiral mandala of growth and discovery



~photo of spiral rose by Jessica Wilson, Northern California



~portion of Eiffel Tower's spiral staircase at auction, Christie's, New York



~photo of spiral architecture by Byron Kay, Athens, Greece



~photo of spiral snail shells by Byron Kay, Santorini, Greece



~spiral mandala of my projected spiritual journey


Spiral and return
To nature's epicenter--
Never-ending life.


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haiku my heart - the fuchsia flower

A carnival ride,



Swirling magenta transforms--



Spun cotton candy.


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haiku my heart - sacred mystery

Exotic blue rose



Incense burns at the altar--




Sacred mystery.


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Haiku my heart!

Waving in the wind,
Hidden treasure from the eye.
Dappled pale sunlight.

~by Laurel Gross




Dogwood and Mary
Are dressed in the purest white--
A new beginning.

~by Margaret Pangert






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haiku my heart - kyrie eleison

Kyrie eleison.




"Mother Mary comes to me."




Newborn of nature.


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haiku my heart: the vaulted sky

Vaulted sky, due west




the sun sets just as night falls.




Clouds in the kitchen.


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haiku my heart ~ spring woods

drawing by Barbara Bash

Bird song in the woods,
A fawn, lime green leaves. Oh, bring
Me my clarinet!


Re "being a fairy," Shavonne loved seeing her haiku on the computer and thanks everyone for reading it!

Haiku my heart is the vision of Rebecca Brooks at "recuerda mi corazon." If you would like to participate, just post your haiku on Fridays with an accompanying photo on your blog and link back to recuerda mi corazon.

haiku my heart: out of the mouths of babes

I am a fairy.
I am smaller than an ant.
I fly to the stars.


This haiku was written by Shavonne, age 5, in her Pre-K class. She enjoys writing, reading, dancing, and being a fairy.


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haiku my heart: thoughts from nature

"Your praying mantis
Will peel the passionfruit, Sir.
He's carnivorous."



First, he chirped a bit.
Getting no reply, he ate.
Being a gecko...



Swimming downstream--the
Dog in joy or following?
Self-contained? Attached?



Black-pearl caviar--
Some to be plucked and eaten,
Some to string on silk.



photos courtesy of Byron Kay, Big Island, HI


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