Haiku

Wilderness 2009

Oh maiden mother Matriarch and the old crone Coming home to self. ~ Maxi Megrue Dancing into the light Joy blossoming into joy Healing and wholeness. ~ Sm yellow paper Sufi practices Dancing beauty and presence No hope for ego. Cherished illusions Dissolved, swallowed by the lake Clarity returns. Lost at Flathead Lake Mistaken identity Alhamdulillah! Wilderness Dance Camp Just one more experience, Or transformation? ~ Kabir Stuart McKinnon Dancing in the field Expansive beyond belief Yet in cosmic whole. ~ Sam Serif Glittering wave breaks Light floods through the face and shows Every pebble there. ~ Thad Curtz Hillside of grasses Broken stones, downhill breezes Flights of grasshoppers. ~ Thad Curtz Great white canvas wheel Thirty radiating spokes Insects in the peak. ~ Thad Curtz

Haiku’s are easy But sometimes they don’t make sense Refrigerator. ~Shared by Ben Schaffner, author unknown Individual Part of the Cosmic puzzle Ahad makes us One ~ ? found folded paper You and I are One Different but really the same Cosmic Unity ~ ? found folded paper Sun sparkles on lake Bismillah floats through sung trees Heart, come to heart. ~ Khabira Candace Holt Lightning flash inside Deep gray universe of cloud Your eyes: sparks of ishq.  ~ Khabira Candace Holt Swimmer’s Itch I’ve got the itch now Swimming in this lake of love Friend, burrow deeper. ~ Terry John Row Your Boat Row, row, row your boat Be gentle and be merry Life is but a dream. ~ Terry John I Am I am One within With all beings everywhere I am the I Am. ~ Terry John Farewell Blessing Live long and prosper Ya Fattah…all the way home Blessed be the One ~ Terry John

The following submitted after camp by ~ John Birnel Take a Little Risk Evangelical Kisses! Creating Blisses! Facebook Welcoming Simple Opportunity Engaging Strangers Classical Concerts Wouldn't It Be Quite a Gas? Dancing in the Aisles? Winking at Others Wobbling Mercifully Make Fun Together! Mingling in the World Tinkling Feet Soaring Voices Making Connections Never Insisting Inquiring So Politely Getting to the Point Strange Imperative! Never Insisting Ever? Just Goes to Show You!

Dancing With the Voice Unimaginably Cosmic and Holy! Quiet Mutterings? Who Wants to Yell Out Brusquely? Speaking Distinctly? Want to Do Outreach? Neighborhood Volunteering! Locally Cosmic! Love and Holiness And What is that Transmission? Sweet, Sweet, Osmosis! It IS a Practice! Get Back to Loosey Goosey! May We all be Kids! Spontaneity! The Sparkling Hand of God From our Holy Core. It is Just So Great! Out Spontaneous Movements Even Celebrated!