Here are some ideas on how to get inspired during this beautiful time:
Category: learning from Nature
Learning from Nature Haiku: “Like Trees” (Aprendiendo de la naturaleza Haiku: “Como los árboles”)
Learning from Nature Haiku: “Like Trees” Deep roots underground, Stretching branches to the sky… Reaching to the Light! Teaches: Like trees, go within, The fertile soil of the Soul, Your vision set on the Light! Amira (Poem inspired by Susana) Aprendiendo de la naturaleza Haiku: “ Como los árboles”…
(Learning from Nature) MYSTICAL POEMS: “Camas Lillies”
“Camas Lillies” Consider the lilies of the field, the blue banks of camas opening into acres of sky along the road. Would the longing to lie down and be washed by that beauty abate if you knew their usefulness, how the natives ground their bulbs for flour, how the settlers’ hogs uprooted them, grunting…
POEMS: “The further you go” by Andrew Colliver
“The further you go” Mercy, there have been revelations. Grace, there has been realisation. Still, you must travel the path of time and circumstance. The further you go, the more it comes back to paying attention. The rough skin of the tallowwood, the trade routes of lorikeets, a sky lifting behind afternoon clouds. Staying…
POEMS: “Come” by Andrew Colliver
“Come”… Every day I am astonished by how little I know, and discouraged, obedient as I am to the demand to know more — always more. But then there is the slow seep of light from the day, and I look to the west where the hills are darkening, setting their shoulders to the night,…
A quote from the book “The secret Life of Plants” by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird
“Short of Aphrodite, there is nothing lovelier on this planet than a flower, nor more essential than a plant. The true matrix of human life is the green sward covering mother earth. Without green plants we would neither breathe nor eat. On the undersurface of every leaf a million movable lips are engaged in devouring…
POEMS: (learning from…) “Mother Nature” by Edgar Albert Guest
Ah, what a lesson we may learn From kindly Mother Nature’s ways!
Learning from Nature HAIKU POEMS: “March” (Aprendiendo de la Naturaleza Poemas Haiku: Marzo)
“March” Spring begins in March! The world blooms in all colors… A feast for the eyes! Oh! New Life begins! It’s a time for renewal, Let go of the old! Treasure each moment, Appreciate the beauty Of Mother Nature! Amira Rainbow butterfly “Marzo” La primavera comienza en marzo! El mundo…
Nature Poems: “Both worlds”
Both worlds Forever busy, it seems, with words, finally I put the pen down and crumple most of the sheets and leave one or two, sometimes a few, for the next morning. Day after day – year after year – it has gone on this way, I rise from the chair, I put on…
Zen Buddhism -Excerpt from the Book: “Walking in Wisdom” by Tarchin Hearn
REFLECTION– 3 58–Today’s world of human experience is increasingly moulded by feelings of insecurity, entrapment conflict, and fear. We feel trapped in situations and circumstances: family obligations, economic constraints, weather, traffic, bureaucratic red tape and so forth. We fight interminable battles with people, creatures, invasive species, weeds, belief systems, expectations and fears. In the name…
Learning from Nature HAIKU POEMS: “Ocean” (Aprendiendo de la naturaleza: “El océano”)
Photo credit: Ocean sunset (Pinterest) Learning from Nature: “Ocean” Vastness, beauty, depth, Heartbeats through pulsating waves, Teeming with life forms… Likewise, the ocean Flows within us, through our veins Life source for our cells Teaches: Like the smallest drop The vastness of the ocean Has the same essence. …
(Learning from Nature) POEMS: “Limitless”
Limitless
Sun says, “Be your own
illumination.”
