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Dear friends of MLMM,
Welcome at a new episode of Heeding Haiku With … This week I started a wonderful theme on my own website. I am exploring the poetry of Rumi, the 13th century Persian poet whom is renown around the globe for his beautiful poems. Rumi is also known as “The Mystical Poet”.
This week I have a nice quartrain written by him for your inspiration:
Although you may consume sweet desserts, roast meat, and pure wine.
Know that (if) you consume water in a dream,
When you get up from the dream you will [still] be thirsty.
For the water you consume in a dream causes you no benefit.
(c) Rumi (taken from “The Ruba’iyat” of Rumi, quartrain 1786)
Write a haibun (maximum of 250 words) or a haiku inspired on this quartrain by Rumi.
Have fun!
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Here’s my entry
https://playingwithwords.blog/2018/03/14/chasing-a-mirage/
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Drawing from the nature around me as well as Rumi’s words:
promenade
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I love the Ruba’iyat. This is a wonderful quartrain. I went off on a riff of poetry and dreams.
http://cactushaiku.com/senryu-dreaming/
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