wise humble haiku
minds perfect fortune cookie
bite size perfection
virtue of simplicity
becomes great embracing small
grace is letting go
bright clever wordsmiths
one full circle round the sun
haiku forever!
***
in celebration of our first year together i am making
virtual fortune cookies...and filling them with haiku,
hope you love the one that's meant for you!
you may visit inchmark
for an inspired tutorial on making your own.
( yes, i am posting early as i must leave for a few days...
i will come home and open you like a present and
make my visits then)
sweet mercy,
we are one full year of fridays together!
casting away all but the heart of a perfect seed...
carving down to bare bones,
zealous editors,
bonsai pruning, grain threshing
distillers of soul,
gathering each friday to fill each other up again
with each small white virtue.
please, let's never stop
visiting each other
with a vengeance,
leaving comments with a passion.
i knew there would be beauty...but you have transcended
my wildest dreams with words,
and in all this sweet sharing,
created a family.
Dear Rebecca, congratulations on one year of writing and collecting beautiful haikus.
Posted by: Uma Gowrishankar | June 23, 2011 at 09:08 AM
Hi Rebecca,
I wrote a wonderful comment but it wouldn't take. I love your well-baked haikus and I am so glad to have been a part of this family that you have created for the past year. You are the heart of this community and you are so very loved by all of us. It is your warmth, your energy and your dynamic creativity that have kept us all together. Thank you my friend.
xoxoxo,
Noelle
Posted by: Noelle Clearwater | June 23, 2011 at 09:12 PM
What a wonderful adventure you embarked on a year ago - something that has touched so many of our hearts as we discovered and fell in love with your precious site. Thank you and congratulations!
Posted by: Dawn Elliott | June 23, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Wherever you go, whatever you do, I'll be thinking of you. Look forward to hearing how your trip went. Love the fortune cookies, virtual or otherwise.
Posted by: Fran aka Redondowriter | June 23, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Happy anniversary Rebecca! How lovely this group is... Love your beautiful haikus. =)
Posted by: Rosie | June 24, 2011 at 12:01 AM
I will be posting my haiku later today, but I want to congratulate you with one year haikus!!! I hope to be with you the next year! Enjoy your days off Rebecca!
Posted by: Marit | June 24, 2011 at 01:09 AM
Thank you so very much for bringing this into our lives and allowing us to share with others. The friendships built here through words are such a wonderful gift. Your inspiration and encouragement has helped us grow and flourish. Happiest of anniversaries to a peaceful soul.
Peace
Posted by: Spadoman | June 24, 2011 at 02:52 AM
How 'fortunate' I am to have taken a bite of this 'haiku cookie' delicious, I keep coming back for more!
Celebrations,
Sue x
Posted by: Sue Fox | June 24, 2011 at 04:29 AM
congratulations on one year of haiku bounty - all because of you. i love your haikus, especially the phrases "wise humble haiku" and "grace is letting go."
Posted by: leslie | June 24, 2011 at 05:55 AM
One year!!! you have indeed created a circle that cannot be broken...
I tried once, fairly unsuccessfully to make fortune cookies, will look at this tutorial.
x...x
Posted by: stephanie | June 24, 2011 at 06:39 AM
Beautiful Rebecca, Thank you for providing such a sweet place for loving hearts to gather and share. Your energy and spirit have drawn us in and kept this connection a-flowing. I am grateful to be a part for something so beautiful.
Much Love !
Posted by: Kim Mailhot | June 24, 2011 at 06:51 AM
Dear Rebecca and Everyone!
I am in Zacatecas, Mexico with a very poor Internet connection, so please forgive me if I do not visit your beautiful offerings this week.
My blessings to all the Workers with Small Words!
MMT
Posted by: Magical Mystical Teacher | June 24, 2011 at 07:10 AM
Thank you for my virtual fortune cookie!
Posted by: Snap | June 24, 2011 at 08:34 AM
am over here
~~bonsai pruning~~
to beat the band...
:-)
clipping off
unneeded garage detritus
Left & Right
{{ hoping you have
a Wonderful Week*end
with who*ever happens
to pop into your life...
like an Owl
i am saying--->
who who who could it be? }}
Posted by: somepinkflowers | June 24, 2011 at 08:37 AM
Clever, fun, wise words.
Posted by: Rachel | June 24, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Good fortune and a good trip to you!
Feeling a bit envious of MMT....but I hope you have a wonderful time wherever and whatever it is that you are up to (and I hope rest is in that equation!).
Hugs
Posted by: Molokai Girl Paula Scott | June 24, 2011 at 03:16 PM
hmmm, i thought i had written and posted yesterday? strange happenings in virtual world. Lovely post and I am so HAPPY that you began this journey of haiku for all to share. You are loved!
Posted by: tami | June 25, 2011 at 06:05 AM
Haiku in my heart
was hidden
until I arrived here
and decided to play.
xx Love you!
Posted by: gemma | June 25, 2011 at 08:36 AM
Another lovely post! Thanks.
And thanks too for organising this delightful festival of haiku.
Take care.
Very best wishes from Boonie
Posted by: Boonie | June 25, 2011 at 08:41 PM
loving haiku host
minimum for maximum
we celebrate you!
congratulations and thank you...this is an oasis of more than i can name
Posted by: Gloria Y | June 25, 2011 at 11:29 PM
Happy Year gone by,
Smiling Haikus march on,
So many to follow..
So many to follow
Yes, joy will find us always
We're a family
We're a family
Led by Rebecca with love
let's stay haiku-ed...
Thanks Rebecca..for HMH.. a rare gift.. for writing Haikus and expressing myself has kept me going is some very difficult phase.. and good thing about time is that it goes on.. well.. and where also to find such lovely group of discerning people... people who consider spreading joy their first relgion.. May happiness continue to touch you constantly like a soothing breeze.. God bless..
Posted by: Ramesh Sood | June 26, 2011 at 03:32 AM
Bite size perfection~
Love it~
xox
Constance
Posted by: rochambeau | June 26, 2011 at 10:04 AM