Art of haiku and soul of building peace

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Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly

Langston Hughes from the Dreamkeeper

22.

dont think of words when you stop but to see picture better

Jack Kerouac

from 31 beliefs about writing

Take a pair of wings

From a dragonfly you would

Make a pepper pod

1 2 3 4 5

Take a pair of wings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

From a dragonfly you would

1 2 3 4 5

Make a pepper pod

Add a pair of wings

To a pepper pod you would

Make a dragonfly

even a horse

is miraculous

on a snowy morning

translation David Young

Partial Systems Map: Theory of Engagement

Don’t ask the mountain

To move just take a pebble

Each time you visit

such stillness

piercing the rock

a cicada’s voice

translation Jane Reichhold

Rainbow’s end?

Maybe he says This

Is as good as it will get

Peaceful bigotry

Leaves shake in the wind

Some hold fast even past dry

Others smile and fall