holding the breath of whales

Kristin  Reynolds
Author: Kristin Reynolds
Word Count: 21
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holding the breath of whales

a haiku on breathing, stilling, and what I see behind my eyes while doing so…
it is a remarkable thing.

holding the breath of whales belongs to the following groups:

"Poetry and Beautiful Women" , All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Core [C.O.R.E], Light In The Darkness, Spiritual Art, Up & Coming Writers, Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom! and WMG

when I close my eyes
stilling the whale from breeching –
dust of all that is

Kristin Reynolds 10 31 2009

  • cosimopiro

    cosimopiro

    Hey, that’s pretty special!

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    indeed it is. :) thanks, C

  • Christie  Moses

    Christie Moses

    You have such an amazing talent for Haikus :) oh brilliant one….I can’t write these for nothing.
    did you mean MY instead of me? just wondering….
    Love you lady xoxxo

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    lol yup! it seems I woke up irish today. lol thanks, girl!

  • Christie  Moses

    Christie Moses

    Aye…it seems you did me irish lass…. hehe

  • Assef Al-Jundi

    Assef Al-Jundi

    a thought provoking haiku

    I am perhaps thinking in too-practical of terms, but breaching is a natural, and often playful activity for a whale… it is breathing! So “stilling the whale from breaching” gives me the images of trying to hold your breath for too long, which is most likely not what you are trying to do when “stilling”...
    Did I say thought provoking? ; )

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    thanks, Assef.
    this is about fining a tunnel outside of the machine; the “natural”, the act of breath itself. there is no breath in space, at least as far as our form of oxegenated breathing is concerened…
    getting there requires the shutting down of the machine, if only for a moment, to see outside the window and see the cosmos.
    xo
    this is what this haiku was for me.
    :)

  • Trenchtownrock

    Trenchtownrock

    You are amazing..this is just incredible Kristin..wow…love it.

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    Thanks, Chris. I love praise from you, poet. xo

  • JRGarland

    JRGarland

    Another awesome haiku. Perfection at its peak. Well done.

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    thanks, hun! xo

  • bluewhite

    bluewhite

    Whales, huh? Kool.

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    Thanks, lady L!

  • raymondoantonio

    raymondoantonio

    BRILLIANT KRISTIN!! YOU HAVE WRITTEN A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THE ESSENCE OF MEDITATION…..REACHING THAT STILL ZONE…..LISTENING TO THE UNIVERSE…GLIMPSING THE INFINITE!! XO

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    Thank you, man! yes! that’s it. love it. xoxo

  • nudefrog

    nudefrog

    wow that is so cool!!!

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    thank you so much!!!!!

  • caysnco

    caysnco

    WOW

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    Wow is good. :) thank you.

  • erich biemer

    erich biemer

    outstanding…..

  • Kristin Reynolds replied

    thank you, dear Erich!!! xo

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