I practice
letting go . . .
autumn morning

—

Issue 14.2 | 6 October 2014

16 Responses

  1. Ellen Grace Olinger Says:
    October 6th, 2014 at 9:33 am

    Beautiful. I first read Bill's haiku here, some time ago. Thank you.

  2. Bill Waters Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 7:36 am

    Yes — we've been reading each other's work for quite a while, you and I. Thank you, Ellen. :- )

  3. Lynne Says:
    October 6th, 2014 at 11:33 am

    Oh, so simply beautiful.

  4. Bill Waters Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 8:15 am

    Thank you, Lynne! :- )

  5. Ronald Grognet Says:
    October 6th, 2014 at 11:58 am

    Bill, At 81 I identify with your haiku.

    letting go–

    an elderly

    art form

  6. Bill Waters Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 8:14 am

    Very nice, Ronald! :- )

    At 53, I too am in that zone — which has its beginning, I think, in middle age — where gathering shifts to dispersing and holding on shifts to letting go. How else to advance if we don't lighten our loads? How else to deal with the changes that time dishes out if we don't redefine ourselves in terms other than youth?… _/|_

  7. Barbara Kaufmann Says:
    October 6th, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    So elegantly simple! I love this one!

  8. Bill Waters Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 7:37 am

    Thanks so much, Barbara! :- D

  9. Jim Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 7:54 am

    Please provide a way to update subscriber's email address or unsubscribe. Such link should be sent with each email you send out.

  10. Alan Summers Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 8:44 am

    Hi Jim,

    A good point.

    You can always go to the top left of the webpage here, where it has:

    TINYWORDS
    haiku & other small poems
    ABOUT
    ARCHIVES
    PRINT EDITIONS
    SUBSCRIPTIONS
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    Just click onto "SUBSCRIPTIONS" and you can change things, and always just visit tiny words when you want to, hopefully without forgetting all of us here, if you don't receive further emails.
    ;-)

    warm regards,

    Alan

  11. Alan Summers Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 8:45 am

    .
    I practice
    letting go . . .
    autumn morning

    —BILL WATERS

    Simple and profoundly beautiful. I'm a little older but Bill Waters is ahead of me in letting go.

    Wonderful haiku, thank you!

    kind regards,

    Alan

  12. Bill Waters Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    Thanks so much for commenting, Alan — I really appreciate it! :- D

  13. jazzytower Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 10:59 am

    This is beautiful. Simplicity at its best.

    I like this whole tiny words approach. Had not heard of it before:)-.

  14. Bill Waters Says:
    October 7th, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    Thank you, jazzytower! :- )

  15. Gisele LeBlanc Says:
    October 10th, 2014 at 2:37 pm

    Simple, yet so much to reflect on. Absolutely lovely. :)

  16. Bill Waters Says:
    October 16th, 2014 at 7:09 am

    Thanks so much, Gisele! :- )

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