The Walk of Wisdom in 10 haikus – by pilgrim Rachel
How nice: we received a first submission in response to our annual theme Germination. It belongs to Rachel de Vries van Banda from The Hague on the occasion of her ‘walk of wisdom’ in March 2023. Would you also like to submit a report or submission? Mail us.
Germination
My Walk of Wisdom in Haikus
prologue
Ode to Dad
Carried by the earth
intertwined grief
Day 1
sprouted in soil
Reborn in Bison Bay
Carried by light
Day 2
My path unfolds
accompanied by three buzzards
Across nature
Day 3
Pilgrim on the road
Really coming home to yourself
Embrace the silence
Day 4
nave cathedral
Thoughts come and go
Love is seeing light
Day 5
The wind picks up
Sorrow flows into the earth
My heart feels lighter
Day 6
wide and spacious
blue the color of the distance
Animated nature
Day 7
hail and blisters
Dad’s rainbows
between heaven and earth
Day 8
grief intertwined
seedling of mother Earth
What was inside is going out
epilogue
Ode to Dad
joy, sorrow, connected
faith, hope, love
Rachel de Vries of Banda
pilgrim
The Hague, 12 April 2023
