Haiku My Heart: The Secret Garden
Dreaming of Poppies
I Find I’m Awakened By
A Small Alien.
In Reverie of
Daisies Creatures of Good Will
Are Announcing Peace.
In Love I Wander
Asking, Is the Kingdom of
Heaven Close at Hand?
Then A Butterfly
Quells anxiety saying
“You’re in God’s Country.”
I feel fine until
Fyodor sends Notes from the
Underground Party.
~All Haikus by Noelle Renee 9.1.11
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About the Author
Fabien Bravin is 38 years old, living in Toulouse (FRANCE).
He is an engineer by profession, and began photographing professionally in 2008 after buying his first DSLR. Since that day, it has become a real passion for him. It is mostly the beauty of nature and the light that attracts him.
If you want to see more of his phenomenal work you have many wonderful and exciting choices. Just have a look at his 1x homepage :
http://fabb.1x.com/
or his beautiful photo website :
http://500px.com/Fabien-BRAVIN
or his flickr photostream :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eulfab/
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aahhh....
ReplyDeletei just butterfly haiku'ed
as well!
{{ love
when coincidence does occur }}
i do smile large
when
a small alien
pops in,
don't you?
you have taken me quite outside myself, (i am always ready for such a deversion!) and suddenly i am Thumbelina where flowers are architecture and conversations include all things beautiful and small! love love love your playfulness this morning! have you ever noticed how praying mantas truly engage in eye contact and listen with such intensity?? thanks for taking me back to a time when i dressed dolls in flower petals, an abalone shell was a pool of water, a simple leaf a sail.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful words these magnificent photos inspired ! Beautiful Artwork today, Noelle !
ReplyDeleteHave a great long weekend !
Dear Thumbelina,
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that about mantises, although I don't see many in these parts. I love that they are extra sensory! I like to think of you dressing your dolls in flower petals, filling abalone shells with liquid pearl so that ants could dive in, and fixing a wooden boat with a leaf to finally sail off into the sunset. Thank you for your poetic heart.
xoxoxoxo,
Noelle
haha, LOVE this! that first photo made me instantly smile - such a dear creature peeking out from his poppy home. and your haiku-stories make it even more fun :)
ReplyDeletep.s. i loved that poem you sent me, too - am printing it out to keep in my journal (as I sit in my untidy house and look out the window into my untidy garden ;)
Such beautiful haiku to go with such beautiful shots!
ReplyDeleteI smiled when I saw that little face peaking over the top of the bloom. Wonderful images and wonderful words. I'm still smiling!
ReplyDeleteI Love you, Leslie. Making you smile makes my day!
ReplyDeletexoxox,
Noelle
Thank you very much Noelle for such a beautiful presentation.
ReplyDeleteI'm proud and glad you contact me. You did a great work. This really warms my heart. You make my day
Take care
sincerely
Fabien
Dear Noelle,
ReplyDeleteNormally, a praying mantis sends me running in the other direction. However, this first photo is so enchanging, I just fell into it. I continued to scroll. I search for more.
Oh my!! These pictures are captivating and so beautiful! Your haikus complement them soooo well!
ReplyDeleteFabien,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you are pleased by it. It was a real joy for me to have such a playful experience with your beautiful images. They bring such happiness to everyone who sees them. I am very glad that it brought you joy as well. I hope to share some in the future if I might. Thank you!
Warmly,
Noelle
Love it when the faerie folk come out to play.
ReplyDeleteOpens up His World of Grace
ReplyDeletePermits us to enter in
His kingdom ~ a world of joys
Brings light within us all!!
Beautiful photography and your Haiku complement the photos!! This will sing in my heart for a long time.
Cheers Noelle!!
xoxoxo
Nanka
Noelle, I marvel at the photographs you collect...the wee mantis (grasshopper?) shyly looking over the poppy. They are so very human like...like old woman, frail but full of wisdom. Your Haiku weaves a most wonderful story.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, I am telling the tale of what was and you of what it...
x..x
Hi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteYes these are Mantises and the "Juliet" is called an Empusa. I have been finding out more about these little creatures. They do seem frail yet wise and full of life! Thanks for your kind words.
x..x,
Noelle
You find the most wondrous things, Noelle! I looked at Fabien's photoblog, and it does seem that "happiness is in the meadow." I love how you developed the story in haiku-form--smiled at how those shadowy existentialists came peeping up from the underground! An interesting note about the praying mantis: they lay their eggs in the fall and then die. Some gardeners harvest these eggs to be hatched in the spring... Cyclic renewal? Part of life...
ReplyDeleteMargaret,
ReplyDeleteI love that you are so literary and caught the allusion to Dostoevsky! Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. I am finding out a lot about the mantis since I posted these and really enjoying it. Thanks for that new addition to the story. It makes it all the more beautiful. I love the idea of life being constantly renewed and our being a part of it!
xoxo,
Noelle
Phenomenal photo's indeed! Those creatures looks so magical, and you amplified the feeling with your haikus. Beautiful!
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