Winter Window Poem by Suzanne Hayasaki
Winter Window
Looking out this winter window
At white snow dusting green leaves
I sit and contemplate nature
And my artificial place on it.
Am I meant to cycle like seasons?
Bud, grow green then redden and die?
Am I meant to flash across the sky
Meteoric, catastrophic or unseen?
Am I meant to be self-aware?
Or is that another human illusion?
Is my existence an intrinsic thread
In an intricate narrative or a dead end?
Since I cannot know
I will watch it snow
Tiny flakes, each unique
Destined to melt.
And I will be satisfied
With the peace I find
As I try to attune my stillness
To the mountains in the distance.
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Thoughts in response: To the second stanza, I think of Fern Hill by D. Thomas. To the third stanza, my poem Time Lapse of a Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascension explores the illusion (?) of our superiority to things in nature. To the fourth stanza, my haiku Snowflakes; on melting, is anything ever lost? I think of the end of my poem The Struck Gong. Lastly, with you, with the early Chinese poets, and the writer of Ps 121, I will lift up my eyes. -Glen
You are quite a poetry reader Glen! I have a book of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins in my Amazon basket. I have been reading Chinese poetry recently. I especially like Li Bai. Of course, I am strongly influenced by Japanese poets, especially Basho. I will take a look at your poem!