Epiphany Haibun

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Samuel Palmer, Sunset (ca. 1861). Yale Center for British Art. Public Domain.

Stranger Things hints at dimensions that are closer than our own breathing. The mood is dark, sinister and compelling. The world as we thought we knew it is transforming. Thin places once hinted at glorious light. Now they also open hazards, concurrently concealing and revealing the dread of the yawning abyss.

Yet another dimension, more ancient, more new, more true, invites discovery, often hiding in plain sight. It is the stance of attentiveness that receives it. Cultivating capacity for awareness fleetingly opens its portals. Our feet tread infinity. Our hearts burst with an incomprehensible passion. Our eyes are all but blinded by a light that is beyond all light.

Once, long ago, ancient astronomers traced a new star. It led to a place where this dimension burst into open and persistent perception. It continues to hide in plain sight!

Vision of glory
A gum tree shining with light
Evokes tears of joy

This piece was created in response to an invitation from dVerse to write a haibun on Epiphany. A haibun is a brief composition made up of several paragraphs of prose, ending with a haiku—three lines of poetry in the 5-7-5 pattern that reflect the current season.

Published by wonderingpilgrim

Not really retired but reshaped and reshaping. Now a pilgrim at large ready to engage with what each day brings.

14 thoughts on “Epiphany Haibun”

  4. I really enjoyed your haibun. I like the idea of epiphany as being a portal to the infinite! You are right in saying that awareness is the key to discovery. Well done.

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  5. I love Stranger Things, Dennis, and enjoyed your haibun contemplating the existence of other dimensions, and I agree that the world as we thought we knew it is transforming.

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