samsara

the air is still tonight
has the world died
or is yet to be reborn

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Water Over Fire says:

February 2, 2015 at 2:42 am

Boom. There it is.

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sonsothunder says:

January 17, 2015 at 12:27 pm

Great haiku, and photo.
As always… all around good stuff

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Sharmishtha Basu says:

January 16, 2015 at 1:57 am

priceless!

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SteffiGrimm says:

January 14, 2015 at 11:43 am

Hey, you are being nominated for A very inspiring blogger award. Please have a look here, and congratulations! http://steffisays.com/2015/01/14/my-very-inspiring-blogger-award/

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1. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  January 21, 2015 at 8:34 am
  
  Thank you, Steffi. How very kind?
  
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  1. SteffiGrimm says:
    
    January 21, 2015 at 1:01 pm
    
    It’s my pleasure x
    
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Mary Bruce Leopold Holm Reed says:

January 14, 2015 at 10:52 am

how are you, Jamie?

welcome join my friend’s poetry rally today.

http://promisingpoetsparkinglot.blogspot.com/2015/01/thursday-poets-rally-week-79-january-14.html

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1. Jamie Dedes says:
  
  January 21, 2015 at 8:36 am
  
  Thank you for the kind invitation, Mary. I am mostly off-line at the moment – in the middle of relocation – but I will check it out another day. I did participate in promising poets way back when sweet Jingle started it. Happy day and have fun with it.
  J.
  
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Mary Bruce Leopold Holm Reed says:

January 14, 2015 at 10:52 am

short but powerful.

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Geneviève says:

January 10, 2015 at 9:20 pm

A real Zen Haiku.

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B. L. Crisp says:

January 9, 2015 at 3:47 am

Lovely and thought provoking.

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Liz says:

January 8, 2015 at 11:29 pm

Umm, so lovely. The visual is exquisite. Hello my friend I hope that all is right in your world. Hugs.

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5h2o says:

January 8, 2015 at 10:46 am

Very nice.

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slpmartin says:

January 8, 2015 at 8:51 am

A question only the dawn will answer….enjoyed the poem.

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Gretchen Del Rio says:

January 8, 2015 at 8:31 am

Both I believe.

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Ben Naga says:

January 8, 2015 at 3:58 am

SCHRÖDINGER’S JHANA
This point of balance,
Poised indeterminately,
Awaits the next breath.

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