Shaping the Wind: Haiku

By Mark Haberstroh

This book is dedicated to all Sensitives. These are among the millions who have had experiences of an otherworldly nature, some of which are understandable and many incomprehensible. Sensitives in all cultures have the privilege of gaining glimpses into the world of causes, where the energies and powers behind phenomena become perceptible, experienced. They delve beneath rather than float upon the surfaces of things. When making efforts to communicate their experiences, many are not understood, marginalized, and rejected as weird, unstable, mentally unhealthy. Societal inclusiveness of that which is different and anomalous is rarely evident. The poetry in 'Shaping the Wind' seeks to bring glimpses from that other world and provide a poetic structure for the beauty that resides there, and a beauty that manifests directly through that world's interactions with the Everyday. External nature and the interior life of the human being interweave in myriad ways. Art always seeks to reveal, embellish, and highlight the intimate interstices and correspondences existing in all relationships.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Dec 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667878201

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Shaping the Wind

© 2022 Mark R. Haberstroh

All Rights Reserved

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the author.

Print ISBN: 978-1-66787-819-5

eBook ISBN: 978-1-66787-820-1

First printed by Mark Haberstroh

Marin County, California

These poems are dedicated to all Sensitives - Imagine, Inspire, Intuit

The Sun shines, the Heart glows; two are one

Contents

Introduction

A golden rain

A shaft of warm light

Spirals scintillate

Rose blood flows

A thought beckons

Eastern sky gold red

A leaf falls flip-flop

Auroral harmonies

The soul does wander

The moon smiles

Behind sleepy eyes

A luminous beast

Grey Soul lashes out

Busy bees bring

Crows complain

Rise up, says the Sun

Rose petals drip decay

Two trout snooze

Tread on my spirit

The heart’s campanile

A murmuration

Rain of sparkling light

Moonlight, earthlight

The heart’s green pasture

A cow ruminates

Shall we dance

With inimical