Tag Archives: Stillness

Baby Monkey Wisdom [Kyōka]

Posted on February 17, 2026 by B Gourley

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the fixed boulder
 makes great shelter;
  rolling boulders
 make monkey paste:
 how do baby monkeys know?  

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False Water [Haiku]

Posted on November 3, 2025 by B Gourley

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river reflections
 tell a tale of still water.
  They lie!

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Great Mormon [Haiku]

Posted on September 17, 2025 by B Gourley

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Great Mormon
 flaps its wings spastically,
  yet hovers in place.

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Twilight River [Haiku]

Posted on September 15, 2025 by B Gourley

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at twilight,
 the glassy river
  pretends stillness.

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Summer Fluff [Haiku]

Posted on August 22, 2025 by B Gourley

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gone to fluff:
 flowers quietly await a
  good, stiff breeze.

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Fish Wu Wei [Haiku]

Posted on July 23, 2025 by B Gourley

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in flowing water,
 fish trio effortlessly
  remains in place.

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After Autumn Rain [Haiku]

Posted on May 30, 2025 by B Gourley

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pavement glistens;
 yellow leaves sodden:
  nothing moves... but drips.

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Stillness [Haiku]

Posted on May 24, 2025 by B Gourley

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sage sits on stone
 until he and the stone
  can’t be told apart.

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Quiet [Haiku]

Posted on March 24, 2025 by B Gourley

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pink blossom drops
 in still morning air
  beside a quiet lake.

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Movement [Haiku]

Posted on February 21, 2025 by B Gourley

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a barge creeps
 out of the fog:
  winter river.

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