One Line Haiku
by Marie Bortolotto
a dead leaf between the pages red
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You are not a separate being.
You
belong to the living body of Earth.
You are the Earth, looking up at the
stars.
You are the Earth, becoming conscious of itself.”
2/
To see all life as holy rescues us
from loneliness
and the sense of futility that comes with isolation.
The
sacred becomes part of every encounter when
you open to it and let it
receive your full attention.
I don’t have to go to Chartres Cathedral to
be in
the presence of the Divine. It is right here. This
understanding
is essential for facing collapse and
living in this time. This means
that our sorrow is sacred, too.
Within us all is grief for what is
happening to our world…
That’s because I belong. That’s because I am part
of the
sacred living body of Earth.
– Joanna Macy (1929 - 2025)
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Haiku Utterances
by Marie Bortolotto
300 Zen-Inspired One-Line Poems to Liberate the Imaginal Heart
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| Haiku Utterances by Marie Bortolotto |
In this book by artist and poet Marie Bortolotto, we're invited to slow down and attune to the poetic utterances that speak to us and through us from the heart of existence. Dropping the rules of traditional Japanese haiku, she writes in a free verse style that reflects ordinary day-to-day experiences. Most of the poems in this collection were gathered during daily walks while she was recovering from a lengthy illness. At first one may consider them too simplistic or insignificant, but once they seep into our hearts our eyes can see a depth of beauty found in the present moment.
Haiku Utterances encourages us to cultivate an imaginal way of seeing by listening to the haiku utterances in our own lives.
Haiku Utterances encourages us to cultivate an imaginal way of seeing by listening to the haiku utterances in our own lives.
A few excerpts from Haiku Utterances:
pinned to the sidewalk white paper butterfly
have you stopped to say hello little sparrow
fragrance of emptiness in her hand a tiny flower
all frogs on the tree stump gone! except one
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Howl Of Aliveness
by Marie Bortolotto 2024
in the morning
I open the door
go out, threadbare
into a raging wind
how to be alive?
no phone, no screens
no things that steal
the heart's affections
at the big park
a crow's caw
black squirrels whirl
in widening circles
above, a gull's cry
all the roses silent
beneath the weight
of winter's sleep
no wild animals, only
solemn remembrance
listening, the green, green
howl of aliveness
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