The sky for me has always been an escape. For nature’s wonder is a real mood lifter, easily accessible day or night, town or country, sickness or health.
Her changing moods, clouds, birds, wind and colour; sunshine or moonbeams, stars or galaxies she is a restful respite. For like me we have seasons thrust upon us, the cycle of life wears us thin but still there is nothing as awesomely wondrous as worshipping the cosmos above.
It puts my life in perspective, my demands waiver, my pleasure arises and life moves on.
awesome is nature
gifts perspective and reason
as summer heats up
d’Verse, being human, Kim – “amazing” is my real tribute to this one!
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Lovely! I just loved this!
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I am the Queen of Antarctica though. It doesn’t matter how strong people are. They have to wear very good suites. I am the master of time. I’m joking.
Is it super hot in Australia? Which is your favorite season?
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What deep and blissful thoughts. I like the stars in the wintertime, fall brings a faint wind, spring gives me hope, and I enjoy the hot summer the most, where I feel strong and free. I don’t have to guard myself against nature.
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Summer heating up on your side while it’s getting chillier here. But it ain’t so bad here as we are enjoying it with hot cuppas and roasted nuts.
Lovely capture and beautiful thoughts about the wondrous wonders of nature 🙂
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Beautifully written. I especially like the sky putting life in perspective. Well done, Kate. I also thought, hey – I posted a walk about the sky. Then I realize – Nope – it’s coming soon. I think it may be the next one (during your Saturday afternoon)
PS: But I did do a walk about clouds – https://beachwalkreflections.wordpress.com/2020/11/21/12-clouds/
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What a lovely haibun to commence my browsing on WP again! Something that is given to us freely and yet some never take time to appreciate it. Love the haiku, Kate! ❤️
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There is something distinctly soothing about the autumn sky here in my part of the world. Love this haibun 🙂 with its wondrous depth and bouts of wisdom.
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So true, Kate. And under the sky, we are all but a mere speck.
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Worshipping the cosmos says it all. It’s the energy and supreme to bring us closer to our identity as a unique entity. Beautiful piece.
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Beautiful poem and so precious as I share your love of the skies.
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I agree that “there is nothing as awesomely wondrous as worshipping the cosmos above.” I am always happy during the summer to get away from the city and experience a much much much starrier sky/cosmos…
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So true. Always there with more beauty. (K)
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Simply beautifully written
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You are so right. Nature is awesome and such a healer. Our relation with nature teaches us to cope with whatever situation we have in our daily lives. Life moves on.
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An old Freench song said : ” let me taste the infinite of the sky ”
This post could be a poem . Oh ! That is it!
Love ❤
Michel
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The sky is always changing… though this time of the year, it’s mostly dark
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That is so true! I can be feeling down, and then will look up at a beautiful sky and my spirits are always lifted, even if just a little bit. I used to live in Kansas and what I liked best about that state was the flat land that showed so much of the sky!
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Awesome is nature. Nature is awesome.
Meet her halfway, and love will blossom.
Forward or backward, whatever word order,
Free as the wind, Nature knows no border.
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So lovely and true. I also gaze at the sky–to find beauty that is ever-changing.
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Wondrous and beautiful poem on Nature that we never tire of. She has given us everything to be merry and happy. Lovely words of Haibun, Kate. The big rainbow in the sky is awesome. Too good.
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She’s a beautiful thing.
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‘Above us
spread vast
astonishing hues
a magic never will last’
Rightly said. Escape it is. 🙂
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I haven’t seen “big sky” and open horizons since I the family trip to Goa. That was 10 years ago haha your haibun was reminiscent of the view I saw there🙂👏🏼👏🏼
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Beautiful
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I think I have to right for your poem Kate… our cosmos is simply ‘infinity times infinity’ …
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That is an amazing rainbow photo you captured. Take care and have a lovely evening.
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East Anglia, where I live, is known for its big expressive skies, and your haibun really spoke to me, Kate, especially the thought of the sky as an escape. I love the list of everything the sky has to offer in the middle paragraph – who could argue with that?
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The sky indeed gives us perspective to each one of us as individuals, very well done.
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Oh, this is so beautiful and so very true, SweetKate! 🙂
This be a haibun, right?! (I am learning 😉 ).
I have always felt like the sky (day sky or night sky) puts life and problems into perspective. So in awe, so grateful and honored to be a small part of this beautiful vastness!
And it doesn’t cost any $$$ to pop outside, look up, feel comforted, find healing, find encouragement, joy, and so much more! 🙂
HUGS!!! ❤ 🙂
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Nature is indeed awesome and so is your haibun – I love the haiku at the end: the gift of perspective and reason. Also nice to imagine somewhere in the world summer is beginning!
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Florida skies are never boring! The only thing they don’t give us is snow! Thanks for sharing the very relatable halibun, Kate.
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How beautifully said Kate. Nature awes us and makes us think and be grateful.
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I agree the sky is always there changing before our very eyes. The wonders of the great beyond in the cosmos are so amazing. Great haibun Kate.
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this is beautiful Kate………I always love looking up, the sun, clouds, stars, moon……….for some reason looking up always gives me hope for humanity.
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Love this Haiku! The endless variety of cloud formations and the different perspectives of the moon and stars fascinates me. You are right to look to the sky.
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Nature, a mood enhancer! Beautifully penned…
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Perhaps this time of enforced slowing down will give us the opportunity to take time to appreciate the wonders around us.
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I am growing more and more fond of the sky and all that it offers. So much solace in so much expanse truly. I love your words – my demands waiver, my pleasure arises.
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for me it’s a constant, readily available; it mirrors our moods, our turbulence … and highlights that we and our worries are mere cosmic dust!
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