zazen–
my knees
won’t stop talking

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Sondra J. Byrnes

Sondra J. Byrnes, relatively new to writing poetry, writes haiku, senryu, and tanka. Her poetry has been published in Frogpond, Prune Juice, tinywords, A Hundred Gourds, Ribbons, Modern Haiku, The Heron?s Nest, Moongarlic, among others. Along with short form poetry, Byrnes is interested in ikebana and chanoyu. Byrnes is a retired law and business professor from the University of Notre Dame; she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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  1. This is a first-rate haiku, Sondra. I have experienced this while meditating and am awed by your concise way of expressing this sensation!

  2. Wonderful haiku – nice contrast between the silence of meditation & the "noise" of our knees (and bodies and mind!) Thought you'd enjoy the overlap: I published this haiku in bottle rockets in 2012:

    retreat's end…
    the master's knees crackle
    line mie

  3. I've only the one haiku with knee in it, and inspired by a Jodie Foster movie, as she fights injustice.

    vigilante movie
    my elbow
    heavy on your knee

    Alan Summers
    Publications credits: Symmetry Pebbles (2011); The Humours of Haiku (Iron Press 2012); Does Fish-God Know (YTBN Press 2012)

    Ah yes, attempts at meditation can result in an over active mind, and our joints wanting to converse too.

    Wonderfully enjoyable haiku.

    warm regards,

    Alan

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