to fully explore
by Gabriel Rosenstock
to fully explore
a rustic rose
the frantic bee disappears
— from Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing, by Gabriel Rosenstock
/ Photo by Berverly & Pack /
It’s been too long since we last featured a haiku by the contemporary Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock. I had planned to select a haiku of his on the moon — in honor of this past weekend’s full moon — but this meditation on the bee’s journey into the heart of the rose just grabbed me. Perhaps I’m getting impatient for warmer weather and the warm scent of roses.
I just love the layers of meaning we can read into these three lines. The more deeply we explore this haiku, the frantic mind, like the bee, disappears…
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Gabriel Rosenstock
Ireland (1949 - ) |