black night

Hi Leonard

Another lovely piece ;-D

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Leonard,

Traditional haiku is 5,7,5 but very few haiku writers adhere to it nowadays. Less is more. The key is to use only the words necessary for the haiku, anything that is saying the same more or less becomes redundant and weakens the poem. I am a member of Haiku Ireland and the Irish Haiku Society and have been published with a number of journals but I am into standard poems at the moment. Hope this link helps.  Maire

http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikuguidelines.htm

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Leonard,

I have loved Rumi's poetry and philosopy before I could read.  Well I slightly exaggerate.  When I was a child and that was not "yesterday" my mother used to tell me stories about the like of Ali Baba and the forty thieves.  The Genie coming out of the bottle etc.  Later when I went to school I love the writings in the bible (same part of the world) and later on when I was in my teens I became interested in Sufis.  The Whirling Dervishes (not sure if I spelt name correctly) and in turn brought me to the writings of Rumi.

Now comes the religion and my beliefs, I am Irish born roman catholic, but in the last 10 years I am searching and am finding answers in the oddest of places.  My mind is opening up like a lotus.  That is not to say I am walking away from God, quite the opposite walking right back to the Alfa and Omega ONE.

That video I shared appeared so silly to me initially, I would still think it silly but for one thing, she was searching so hard for what she already had NOW.  Example, I worry about things that may never happen.  I remember things that have passed PASSED. When that woman stopped thinking she looked around and let all that tension she has built up by way of laughing A LOT granted.

We you and I are no different to anybody else, we are all travelling the one road, some know it and others are not even aware of a road.  I think I should stop because if anybody reads this other than yourself, the men in the white coats will pay me a call.

You are giving me a few ideas on writing a few words, probably romantic words, but then so did Rumi in love with the ONE

Look forward to hearing from you Greeneyes77

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Leonard,

Just love this, brilliant. I love Cohen's work too!

Well done!

Cheers

Amy

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Made me think, well done..

Stevie

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I liked this, despite the dark images the sense of hope prevails.

Maria

(I admire all you poetry guys I have only managed one and it cause me more hassle than all the short stories put together!)

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Hi Leonard,

Remember the cracks, that's how the light gets in.

Leonard has songs and poems to answer all our questions, if you are

romantics that it

Greeneyes

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