The tree's gentle sigh
births oxygen from car fumes -
life a silent gift.
I've written extensively about the importance of spending meditative time in nature to help find perspective, and settle the busy mind that many people suffer.
Although I personally find that connection strongest in wilderness areas, often leading to my best writing, or inspiration for writing, it all starts at home.
Getting out into local parks, putting your hands into the earth at an allotment on a weekly/daily basis, stopping and breathing out with the wind while observing trees, squirrels, butterfly, wildflowers... or the vista of hills, forest and streams winding away into the hazy distance.
These moments connect us to the earth. You can see the watery veins of streams and rivers feeding the copse and fields alike. You can see the interconnection of it all.
For many, living in the city places blinkers over their eyes, preventing the silence that is needed to truly appreciate nature and our place within it.
Having said that, all you really need to do to remove those blinkers is find a quiet spot in the center of one of our many parks and sit for a while in silence.
To read more about the aesthetics of true haiku, and the difference between haiku and senryu, please check out my post: Haiku Vs Senryu - The Aesthetics of Form
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