Guest guest Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 From Ivan Granger with love Here's your Daily Poem from the Poetry Chaikhana -- to fully explore By Gabriel Rosenstock(1949 - ) to fully explore a rustic rose the frantic bee disappears -- from Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing, by Gabriel Rosenstock Amazon.com / Photo by Berverly & Pack / ============ Thought for the Day: Find the joythat quietly glows in your chest,the joy that glows with brazen disregardfor your lurching tears and laughter. ============ Here's your Daily Music selection -- Buddha's Last T-Party Buddha's Last Tea Party Listen - Purchase More Music Selections Hi Alan -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...--Gabriel Rosenstock is the author/translator of over 100 books, including 12 volumes of poetry in Irish and a number of volumes of bilingual haiku. A member of Aosdana, the Irish Academy of Arts and Letters, he has given readings in Europe, the US, India, Australia and Japan. He has translated into Irish the selected poems of, among others, Francisco X. Alarcon, S. Heaney, G. Grass, W M Roggeman, Said, M. Augustin, P. Huchel, G. Trakl, G. Heym, H. Schertenleib and his Irish-language versions of haiku masters Issa, Buson, Shiki, Santoka and others are much loved in his native country.IvanPS- Is your name correct above?In recent weeks two different people have contacted me to say they are getting their poetry emails just fine, but the name in the greeting isn't their name. I may have a glitch that occasionally causes a substitution. Please let me know if that's been happening to you, and I'll see what I can do to solve the problem. Share Your Thoughts on today's poem or my commentary... Support the Poetry Chaikhana Donations to the Poetry Chaikhana in any amount are always welcome. Thank you! Click here You can also support the Poetry Chaikhana, as well as the authors and publishers of sacred poetry, by purchasing some of the recommended books through the links on this site. Thank you! Click here A small amount each month makes a big difference. Become a voluntary Subscriber for just $2/mo. Click here Help the Poetry Chaikhana reach more people. Become a Supporter for just $10/mo. Poetry Chaikhana HomeNew | Books | Music | Teahouse | About | ContactPoets by: Name| Tradition | Timeline Poetry by: Theme | CommentaryBlog | Forum | Facebook | Twitter www.Poetry-Chaikhana.com Poetry ChaikhanaP.O. Box 2320Boulder, CO 80306 Ivan M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are 2002 - 20010 by Ivan M. Granger.All other material is copyrighted by the respective authors, translators and/or publishers. ============ Plain Text: If you have any difficulty reading this HTML formatted email, please let me know and I can send you plain text emails instead. Friday Only: If you want to receive only one poem email each week, reply to this email and change the Subject to "Friday Only". Canceling: If you wish to stop receiving this Daily Poem email from the Poetry Chaikhana, simply reply to this email and change the Subject to "Cancel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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