Tag Archives: haibun
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Baby, It’s Cold Out There
55July 13, 2020 by petrujviljoen
It’s South Africa. It’s winter, a particularly cold one (for South Africa). It’s a very small town, ravaged by Covid-19. …
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Lost and Found
14May 6, 2020 by petrujviljoen
The shell, showing the open, prominent in the reading by the traditional healer. ”You’re in the mouth of many …
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Journey
26January 6, 2020 by petrujviljoen
Her journey brought her to the first stone. That’s where the tracks ended. Where the wolves went, she does not …
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The Girl
10November 2, 2019 by petrujviljoen
the height of the morning echoed in the aftermath of the dying day. a flash of heat, of light, one …
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Lotus
18July 14, 2019 by petrujviljoen
The oldest of the flowering plants. A living fossil. The lotus survived the ice age, predating humanity by many thousands …
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Scent and Search
7July 1, 2019 by petrujviljoen
Seven people around the lunch table. Ma, Pa. Us kids. The bread store-bought. A choice of toppings on the table. …
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CDHK Weekend Meditation 51
11September 23, 2018 by petrujviljoen
Staying with Tagore’s poems. The distillation: wisteria – three years’ worth of growth and dying – one clump of blue …
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Healing
29April 30, 2018 by petrujviljoen
I’m impatient. My need is great. So I leave. The cat will be at the gate when I get back. …
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earth – a haibun
8April 21, 2018 by petrujviljoen
So small, so old and not as round as we’d like to think, nearing the used up date at a …
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