I am thrown into a frenzy with nature prompts for haikus and haibuns, owing to a shameful disconnect with nature. The fact that I live in a tropical climate (where seasonal sensibilities are different) does not help much.
This also reminds me of the natural disasters we have faced this year, due to heavy rainfall and cloudbursts. Is this the result of a growing disconnect with nature? Do we fail to read early signals of impending calamities? The disasters have been compared to a holocaust, or nature’s fury.
The crickets have forgotten to sing this year – come rain or autumn.
We need to relearn, not reinvent the language of nature. Humankind has been preoccupied with inventions for too long. We overcome gravitational forces to fly, but forget that the sky has its own rules.
nature goes berserk
early signals unheeded
at your own peril
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How sad when nature is out of sync like the crickets forgotten with their songs !
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It is happening so often. I hear of plastic covering the base of the ocean, concrete structures not allowing absorption of rainwater etc. causing floods and untold damage.
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This is so thought-provoking, Reena. It seems that everywhere is plagued with some sort of disconnect/disaster. I’m currently in the Northern California mountains, surrounded by pine tree, thinking of all the fire disasters that have been on-going in this area. Praying it’s over.
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Are they forest fires or fire disasters? Joining you in your prayers that all gets well soon. Thank you, Victoria!
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Forest fires. We live near the fires in California, but next door in Nevada.
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Stay safe and healthy! Peace be with you.
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Very true, a disconnection with nature is still a relationship with it, and one that needs work.
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I like your take. A disconnect is also a relationship. We may call it an equation. Thanks!
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Profound message. Beauty is lost when we don’t take time to appreciate.
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Thank you so much!
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A sobering haibun. One wonders at the silence of crickets. Timely haibun!
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Thanks a lot, Beverly!
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Indeed. Keenly insightful, Reena!
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Thank you, Frank!
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My pleasure, Reena! 😇
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Well observed, Reena. I think, if I was used to hearing crickets and they didn’t sing, I would be concerned too. I also wonder about the growing disconnect with nature and agree that recent disaster could be a backlash of nature’s fury – the sky does have its own rules.
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Thanks!
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