Poetry Homepage » rose http://www.poetryhomepage.com where the poets meet Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gabriel Rosenstock – to fully explore http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2010/03/01/gabriel-rosenstock-to-fully-explore/ http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2010/03/01/gabriel-rosenstock-to-fully-explore/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:22:35 +0000 Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2010/03/01/gabriel-rosenstock-to-fully-explore/ SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Gabriel Rosenstock - to fully explore", url: "http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2010/03/01/gabriel-rosenstock-to-fully-explore/" });]]> 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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Ireland (1949 - )
Secular or Eclectic
Primal/Tribal/Shamanic : Celtic

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