Yoohoo!! It’s a mini Silver Jubilee of sorts on NaPoWriMo – 25 days today and I cannot believe I’ve posted 25 Haiku 🙂 I’ve met so many incredibly talented poets and writers on this journey and am having a ball – interacting with them and reading their work. Very inspiring 🙂
Abundance is one of my favorite words – for obvious reasons! The promise of plenty is always comforting but Abundance has a ring to it that is heartening as well. Its inherently lyrical and positive vibes make it very appealing! Every since I heard Sarah Ban Breathnach expound her Simple Abundance theory on Oprah way back when I still watched, I began to look at it with fresh perspective. Her idea is not new nor original and summed up means ‘Celebrate the Simple Things in Life’, which lets face it is something we hear a million times in one lifetime! But I guess it clicked that once in a new way somewhere in my head and I’m a happier person for it 🙂
And what can be simpler than the joy of watching the Monsoon in its full Glory! Raindrops and puddles, steaming hot cuppas and crisp, crunchy ‘bhajias’ (fritters), warm quilts and the world awash in life giving aqua?! The Indian Monsoon is a special force of Nature – Fierce, Destructive and Life-Giving. I hope it comes on time this year and is kind to us puny humans! Here is my own tiny homage to its Magnificence!!
P.S. I’ve done a little research and apparently Haiku (in English) do not have to stick rigidly to the principle of 5-7-5 syllables in 3 lines. The idea or perhaps aim is a better word; one of the aims of a Haiku is to depict a moment in time and juxtaposition two seemingly separate ideas with minimal word sounds. Although in English the Japanese ‘On’ or word sounds are interpreted as ‘syllables’, they are not identical. So in this Haiku, I have wandered from the rule and am very happy to have done so! I never was one for rigid rules 😉
H is for Happiness 
25 already? You was cheating right? 😀 It seems like yesterday …
LOL…it does doesn’t it?!!! But yup!! Just 5 more to go!
Sometimes it’s good to remind ourselves that even in the midst of darkness there is a light on somewhere. You could choose to view the monsoon as a depressive, oppressive force, but I like that you’ve focused on its beauty and life-giving. You’ve found the sunny side, metaphorically, of course 😉
Thanks Heather 🙂 I was just saying to another friend how I’ve left out the pesky mosquitoes and flies, the flooding, the power outages!! But I really have come to love it for what it is truly a unique Force of Nature! I didn’t use to as when I was younger but now the myriad shades of green that Nature showcases during are a huge turn on 😉 And that’s just the one color!