Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Journey


partners on a search
the forest hillside knows them--
chipmunks separate
KJ

My brief few days in the National Forest in Oregon I wrote a series of haiku. My understanding is that one of the elements of haiku is the contrast of a natural situation. So, a pair of chipmunks start out together foraging and take their own path to then return to their burrow. This event brought to mind the relationships we have with people. I was taught that in a good marriage relationship the two people became one in all things. I am older and wiser now. We are more like the chipmunks.

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