Haiku Mind 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart

Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in just three lines, can be miraculous in its power to articulate the profundity of the simplest momentand for that reason haiku can be a useful tool for bringing us to a heightened awareness of our lives. Here, the poet Patricia Donegan shares her experience of the haiku form as a way of insight that anyone can use to slow down and uncover the beauty of ordinary moments. She presents 108 haiku poemson themes such as honesty, transience, and compassionand offers commentary on each as an impetus to meditation and as a key to unlocking the wonder in what we find right before us.

Patricia Donegan is the author of Without Warning, Heralding the Milk Light, and Hot Haiku. As both a writer and a senior meditation teacher, she continues to write essays, give talks, and lead workshops internationally to promote haiku as an awareness practice for inner and outer peace.