Haiku for the New Year (2023)
meditation bell
cold cup of tea and my
hands pretending warmth
*
in the wet holly
single drop of rain takes light
ignites the whole tree
*
in this one raindrop
swim mist sunshine robin-song
the whole world inside
*
hair dripping, clothes soaked
I bring in flowering twigs –
quince, honeysuckle
*
distracted by dogs
mind skitters thread lost again
have to start over
*
woodstove incense twigs
in a bowl – even these things
clutter my mind
*
in the Christmas tree
lights reflect the fire
heart in the wrong place
*
even poetry feels
redundant for this crisis –
the first time ever
*
the world passes by
rainstorms gales mist sunshine ice
solstice new year now
*
after the storm
the light steals back –
shy animal
*
this moment – trying
to grasp it is like clutching
at grasshoppers
*
if this moment
is not for living deeply
then what is it for?
*
who said: ‘if we can’t
find it here where can we find it?’
I say it again
*
knowing it is here
my friend and I sit quietly
hoping it might visit
(for Pat)
© Roselle Angwin, January 2023
