World Haiku Series 2022 (58) Haiku by Lan Diep (Australia)

Haiku by Lan Diep

 this calligraphy

an ink blue spot on paper

round and blue as earth

-an earth haiku dec 2022

for each heart on earth

unfolds ten thousand stories

hold gently each one

-a trauma informed haiku jan2022

it is wind

resting on a rock

alchemy

-an alchemy haiku aug 2022

floating undisturbed

upon the tranquil waters

a duck travels home

-a travelling haiku may2022

exhausted

flying at sunset

a bird lost

-a recovery haiku apr2022

the supernova

a spark of love from nowhere

…to eternity

-a love haiku feb 2022

the sound of wet wet

played by the summer rain

a drunken hair song

-this is my hair wet wethaiku jul2022

when did the flower

learn to hold

a raindrop?

-a spring rain haiku oct 2022

in this life of ours

whose tears are flooding these eyes

a boundlessness earth

-a boundless haiku nov 2022

you, on the other

if I fold the earth in half

will you show yourself?

-a time and space haiku mar 2022

About Lan Diep

Born in Vietnam. Belongs in Australia.

“Changing is not just changing the things outside of us.” -Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese zen master and peace activist

On most days, Lan adapts to ‘change’ in a values-based organisation that aims to be a voice and space for personal, community & societal wellbeing.

On other days, Lan explores and find timeless interconnections between ecology, culture, and spirituality.

Inspired by this, these experiences are synthesised in haikus (poetry) which speak to the heart of her being a Vietnamese-Australian in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia).