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to fully explore by Gabriel Rosenstock (1949 - ) Timeline Original Language English Secular or Eclectic Primal/Tribal/Shamanic : Celtic Contemporary to fully explore      a rustic rose           the frantic bee disappears     -- from Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing, by Gabriel Rosenstock Amazon.com   / Photo by Berverly & Pack /	Themes   Honey   Rose       Recommended Books Bliain an Bhandé - Year of the Goddess, by Gabriel Rosenstock Cold Moon: The Erotic Haiku of Gabriel Rosenstock, by Gabriel Rosenstock Haiku Enlightenment, by Gabriel Rosenstock Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing, by Gabriel Rosenstock Portrait of the Artist as an Abominable Snowman, by Gabriel Rosenstock More >>
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Commentary by Ivan M. Granger

It's been too long since we last featured a haiku by the contemporary Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock. I had planned to select a haiku of his on the moon -- in honor of this past weekend's full moon -- but this meditation on the bee's journey into the heart of the rose just grabbed me. Perhaps I'm getting impatient for warmer weather and the warm scent of roses.

I just love the layers of meaning we can read into these three lines. The more deeply we explore this haiku, the frantic mind, like the bee, disappears...

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