Author: ETHNODATA1

04/06/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Johannes Plenio

Welcome and behold
The roots that weave us with those
Who built our present

Blast from the Past:

Processing choices
Made about me before I
Had even been born.

I am going to be traveling throughout the countryside until May 28th, 2025, so I will not have consistent internet access. Thus, I will be taking a break from posting my daily haikus. I plan to resume them once I get back. I will also not likely post my daily haikus. I will still write haikus everyday. I not can but love writing these while traveling, but I will not usually have the internet to upload them here every day like I normally day. Once I get back, I hope to bulk upload all the haikus I wrote as I traveling. Thank you for your patience and support.

04/05/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

(I took this picture flying over the islands of Indonesia.)

One, lone airplane
Flying over the ocean,
Taking me to new worlds

Blast from the Past:

This winding dirt road
What wonders I must go see
To explore the world

04/03/25 A New Poem for a New Day

Hiking through the forest,
In search of a monkey.

What’s that rustle in the bush?
Is that a monkey?
No, it’s a focused cat.

What’s that swinging from the trees?
Is that a monkey?
No, it’s a scavenging crow.

What’s that clamor?
Is it a monkey?
No, it’s gushing water.

What’s that brown figure in the bush?
Is it a monkey?
No, it’s a rotting stump.

Never did find any monkeys,
But in the search,
I discovered
A whole forest

Blast from the Past:

Great tree of the forest
Would stand unknown if it wasn’t
Named by cicadas

04/01/25 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: alan caishan

Soft hands and warm oil
Stretch, relax, and moisturize,
Getting a massage

Blast from the Past:

Sometimes you must learn
To gently calm down. Take time
To relax and heal.

03/31/25 A New Poem for a New Day

A gorgeous waterfall
A gorgeous hike
Hike through rainforest
Hike through rain
Rain will fall
Rain will end
End, please, end
End then go
Go while dry
Go, what’s next
Next comes fog
Next we drive
Drive our motorbike
Drive, mist blinds
Blind, can’t see
Blind on mountainroads
Roads turn everywhere
Roads, ascending falling
Falling temperature
Falling line-of-sight
Sights on lunch
Site to stop
Stop and wait
Stop and warm
Warmfront, rain gone
Warmed and ready
Ready to depart
Ready for home
Home, I’ll dry
Home, I’ll shower
Shower returns again
Shower but light
Light, that’s okay
Okay, keep going
Okay for now
Now, it worsens
Now, it’s pouring
Pouring down rain
Pouring onto highway
Highway floods up
Highway becomes stream
Stream, must drive through
Stream splashing water
Water not just
Water and hail
Hail on arms
Hail on face
Face this, must
Face, get home
Must get home

(This is a blitz poem about an adventure I trying to drive in Indonesia in a storm.)

Blast from the past:

Storms pass me over
Loudly erring displeasure
Just to dissipate