Wednesday 4 May 2016

So do no one harm


Moaning and sighing 
The wind tells me her secrets
But she's not our friend

The high mountain is
Even when wind whistles there
Always prattling on

The mountains love me
I sing loudly from her peaks
Sleep in her valleys

She knows me so well
I drink her fresh flowing streams
Then talk to her trees

Wind breezes away
Huffing and puffing in scorn
Birds laughing along

I rest my head down
They twitter their friendship
Happy that I stay

So do no one harm
Speaking to those that you meet
Just see them then smile

Sing on the mountain
Open your hearts and speak your words
Love one another


Image found at www.smoky-moments.photoshelter.com

20 comments:

  1. Sing on the mountain.. with the secrets of the wind and the love of the hills..beautiful!

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  2. What a wonderful secret to share - it is so simple you wonder why the world always gets it so very wrong

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  3. Do no one harm is a good way to live.

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  4. Sigh, this is soo beautiful and such a wise message too :D

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  5. Oh! Poor wind not to be part of that love! But if we think of the wind as the prevailing political scene, well may we see the difference between the eternal and the temporary. Beautifully riddled, beautifully detailed!

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  6. I think this is my very favourite of your poems, Robin. SO beautiful. So happy.

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  7. that's how wind always works...beautiful Robin...

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  8. This is beautiful. I love mountains and I love how you wove your message from the wind and the mountains.
    I like the picture too.

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  9. That's beautiful. Serene and heart touching. :-)
    -HA

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  10. Love traditional Haiku....and love your picture!

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  11. This is a wonderful meditation. Great language here.

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  12. This is the best poem I have read in awhile and they are all good! Lovely!

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  13. The mountains do hold secrets and mysteries throughout time. I recently went to a mountain retreat.

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  14. Got to luv this haiku sequence. All the images so well painted and good caution

    Much love..m

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  15. You had me at the opening--funny, I didn't think about this as a haiku sequence until I read Gillena's comment--It still has the feel of a longer piece to me--beautifully penned!!

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  16. It's a song begging to be sung. Beautiful write!

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  17. Open your hearts and speak your words
    Love one another

    Great ending Old Egg! One must be prepared to take on anyone and at the same time to give way for the sake of love!

    Hank

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  18. Lovely poem, Robin! And it goes back to my quote:
    “If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” - Khalil Gibran
    :-)

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  19. Very Lovely. You carried me to Mountains..I am smiling here. Thanks for the poem.

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