the importance
of small details
Queen Anne’s lace

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Olivier Schopfer

Olivier Schopfer is a Swiss poet and photographer, born in 1966 in Geneva. He finds inspiration in nature and in his travels around the world. His work regularly appears in anthologies, as well as in numerous online and print journals. He is the author of four books: In the Mirror: Concrete Haiku (Scars Publications, 2018); So Many Miles: Fifty Senryu (Alien Buddha Press, 2019); Half in Light, Half in the Shade: Haiku and Senryu (Cyberwit, 2019); Home After a Long Absence: Haiku, Senryu and Tanka (Cyberwit, 2020).

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  1. .
    I really enjoyed coming back and back again to this haiku:

    the importance
    of small details
    Queen Anne’s lace

    —OLIVIER SCHOPFER
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    Fascinating to read up about Queen Anne's lace and others belonging to the group! Amongst many things:

    ""Sensitized photosensitive persons may get an exact reproduction of the leaf on the skin by placing the leaf on the skin for awhile, followed by exposure to sunshine."
    "Daucus carota". Wikipedia

    That reminds me that even just the shadows of leaves and flowers against a wall have their own vitality. Sometimes we can see the importance of other small things, while letting go, for a moment, those other small things that we sadly magnify and intensify to no good effect on the richness of this fleeting life.

    velum clouds–
    through the small hours
    this writing in rain

    Alan Summers
    Haiku Novine ISSN 1451-3889 (December 2012)
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  2. __ Such importance in… small details. Grand, Olivier_! _m

    Forests count on each leaf, and we all… are that leaf. As someone once wrote:
    __ Each forest
    full of trees;
    __ each tree
    full of branches;
    __ each branch,
    full of leaves.

  3. Very well done and resonates at many levels. Thanks for reminding me that the appreciation of small things leads to abundance.

    Marita

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