Three years ago, I participated in a blog challenge called #blogg100 – a posting a day for 100 days. What turned out to be, was that I found my minimalist style of blog posting, in a snap, but with very much said above and beyond the text and image. Today, we celebrate World Poetry Day, and I participate in the #blogg100 challenge for the third time.

What it has developed to be, is a great sign-off-the-day-and-fall-asleep ritual. I end every day with finding a photo, giving it a caption in a snap, and then adding my more free format Haiku. It is not orthodox Haiku per se, it is more like Haiku-inspired short poems.

My first encounter with Haiku authoring was at secondary high, when we were told to add some poems in a class collection, and I found the Haiku mentioned in our textbook, and was subject to a lesson for my Swedish teacher. So be it. I captured my first Haiku. Don’t remember it, more than it was about a drip of water falling in Winter time from the tip of an icicle.

So back in 2013, it just came to me, again, during this blog challenge.

With my affection for Japanese culture, coming from my Aikido lifestyle, it fits just perfect with that Haiku as well.

I will soon extend my depth in the blogging, starting a new blogging theme and project the coming week, as a part of this blog challenge #blogg100, but that will not affect that Haiku Evening Ritual – it comes on top of that.

So – adding a Haiku about Haiku!

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meditate at days end // spirit rising // closing a day