Hart Haiku Vol. 1 is a new ebook to celebrate my 4th anniversary of blogging. The haikus are displayed on colorful photo art cards. I chose 100 from over 150 blog posts between 2019 and 2020 to create the collection, and arranged them to tell a story. Or,… maybe more than one story. But as in life, the stories of nature, humanity, and you are all intertwined. Ultimately, it’s all One.
Click here to download a free copy this weekend. Act today, because it’s not always going to be free. Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend! 🙂
© Susan L Hart 2023 | HartInspirations.com
Families dissolve,
society dismantled.
The elephants weep.
I have much more to say about elephants, and how humans can learn from them. In fact, we can learn from all of nature. But that’s for another day.
I’ve been working all week on a compilation of the best from my Hart Haiku collection. Hart Haiku was my first blog site, and I posted there between May 2019 and August 2020. Each haiku was accompanied by expanded commentary in the posts.
That writing was important, because the haikus revealed to me what I most wanted to say. As it happened, it fell into three categories: Nature, humanity (including society), and self-fulfillment. That blog was therefore an important springboard for my writing moving forward. It’s also makes for an interesting collection, because I made special photo art cards to display the haikus. The ebook contains what I consider to be the 100 best.
Anyway, watch for the announcement this coming week when I get it listed in my store. Perhaps you’d like to pick up a copy. 🙂
Have a beautiful weekend. Please treasure your family.
Susan L Hart | HartInspirations.com
When our Creator
gave us power to create,
what was the intent?
We are playing a
random game of chaos,
with no plan at all.
The mad scientists
concoct what they call progress –
Whose evolution?
Our human future
threatened by robotics, with
what repercussions?
Creativity
begs responsibility
to humanity –
How do we manage
an invention that could mean
our own extinction?
© Susan L Hart 2023 | HartInspirations.com
Waterfall of stars,
ride the night, wisher’s delight!
A meteor trick.
This haiku was written specially for Rebecca Cunningham’s (Fake Flamenco) May 2023 poetry challenge.
Rebecca’s prompt:
This month we will write a haiku (5/7/5 syllables) using the phrase “Waterfall of Stars.” While reading a YA story recommended by our teen called The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson, Rebecca came across this phrase and thought it was beautiful. Haikus don’t officially have titles, though if you prefer to save your syllables you may use it that way.
There were a few slants I considered for this, but I finally decided on the scientific one. What we call falling (or shooting) stars, are in fact not stars at all. They are really meteoroids.
More of the science here: What causes a falling star?
Superstition says that wishing upon a falling star will grant your wish. However, as the next article points out, your might best wish that your “falling star” doesn’t hit our planet.
It’s getting bigger,
it’s getting A LOT bigger…
RUN, IT’S HITTING US!
(Just a little bonus haiku for you.) Lol And more about our wishfulness here: Why do we wish upon stars?
This was fun, Rebecca. Thanks for the challenge. 🙂
© Susan L Hart 2023 | HartInspirations.com
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