Hello, blog friends...
This past week has been quite the rollercoaster, hasn't it? Rather than giving the ups and downs any more energy, I invite you to consider something that Rumi, a Sufi poet and mystic, wrote 1,400 years ago. He said, "You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."
Perplexing? Yep. His words convey a connectedness to all creation that I rarely think about, but these days I find myself considering it more often than before.
So, while pondering Rumi's ocean, I read Colleen Chesebro's poetry prompt. She asked that we write a syllabic poem inspired by a piece of art. I knew I wanted a scene of an ocean and chose a painting by Sergie Vinogradov.
My poem is a simple Tanka. Remember, "You are the entire ocean in a drop."
This past week has been quite the rollercoaster, hasn't it? Rather than giving the ups and downs any more energy, I invite you to consider something that Rumi, a Sufi poet and mystic, wrote 1,400 years ago. He said, "You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."
Perplexing? Yep. His words convey a connectedness to all creation that I rarely think about, but these days I find myself considering it more often than before.
So, while pondering Rumi's ocean, I read Colleen Chesebro's poetry prompt. She asked that we write a syllabic poem inspired by a piece of art. I knew I wanted a scene of an ocean and chose a painting by Sergie Vinogradov.
My poem is a simple Tanka. Remember, "You are the entire ocean in a drop."
Sergei Vinogradov (1869-1938): Women by the Sea, 1915. Posted on Facebook by Art Infinitus.
Let's have a great week, dear friends... ❤️
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