May NaHaiWriMo - Part 8

After we've been through the chakra prompts, there were still 3 more days left in the month and for this we were asked to write on the following prompts.

29 - touch

30 - borrowed/found haiku

31 - smell/taste

And I wrote,

May 29 (touch)

his hands

on my fevered brow-

summer rain

May 30 (borrowed/found haiku) - the instructions were:

Please go to any text of your choice: Shakespeare/Lady Gaga/a letter from your mother/the gas bill/a billboard... any text... find a haiku in there and bring it here. You are looking for a phrase that embodies the spirit of haiku. It might need some revision to make it a haiku: tweak away.

I wrote this:

not knowing

the meaning of life--

lilacs in bloom

Based on this:

Now that lilacs are in bloom

She has a bowl of lilacs in her room

And twists one in her finger while she talks

"Ah my friend, you do not know,you do not know

What life is, you hold it in your hands

Portrait of a lady

T.S.Eliot

And another excerpt from the same poet, T.S.Eliot,

If there were water

And no rock

If there were rock

And also water

And water

A spring

A pool among the rock

If there were sound of water only

Not the cicada

And dry grass singing...
...........
drip drop drip drop drop drop drop"

And this is what i eked out of the above,

dreaming rain
cicada song
in dry grass

May 31 (smell/taste)
We were asked to write about either sense, but preferably incorporate the two.

biting
into the wild berries-
scent of a waterfall


roadside teashop-
the sharp scent of ginger
in my tea

All the prompts this month were challenging, but I struggled most with "power" and 'fear". Thankfully though, was able to finish with a cup of ginger tea!

May NaHaiWriMo - Part 7

The seventh center - Sahasrara or the crown chakra is the last milestone of the evolution of human consciousness.
The crown chakra is, as its name says, located on the top of the head. It is represented by a lotus with 1000 petals, which is a symbol for eternity. When Kundalini rises until the seventh chakra, the person is said to have reached enlightenment which means being one with God, in a total union and in full awareness. You are conscious of the truth and are detached from the illusion of the material world.


The prompts were as follows:

25 - letting go
26 - rainbow
27 - dragonfly
28 - circle/spiral


May 25 (letting go)

I was too lazy with this prompt and used only an old one.

falling stars
letting go of memories...
almost

May 26 (rainbow)

Came up with two for this one to make up for the previous day's sluggishness.

Sorry, this one has been submitted for publication

all the way home
the rainbow hugging
the windshield

May 27 (dragonfly)

And two for this also.

leaf flutter-
a dragonfly settles
on my poems


did he smile,
did he not?
dragonfly...

May 28 (circle/spiral)

lotus viewing-
the circle of boats
mid-lake



raging wind beyond the circle of his arms

We have now come full circle and this completes our journey through the chakras. For the remaining few days of the month (May), we would explore the generally under-explored senses. We deal with that in the next post.