Renewal
Autumn is ending soon. As we close this season, nature’s rest and replenishment here in the Pacific Northwest begins, the cycle of renewal. The summer’s dry period has long ended, and too, agricultural irrigation. Harvesting explodes in October and now will continue into November, including the grape harvest in our many vineyards.
The fruit and nut trees, the vines in the vineyards, and the crop fields, once harvested, will soon begin the slow period of winter revitalization, in anticipation of the growing seasons to come in the new year. Soon this will be a peaceful time of rest and restoration here in this breathtakingly beautiful region.
As this season turns, a regenerative calm lies upon this lush land, waiting for the time of sky-water to arrive, to quench nature’s thirst, and revivify her energies in this utopia. The Great Mandala of life turns steady.
arbors burst with ripened grape
fall is on the land
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rob kistner © 2018
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I like the image of “arbors bursting.” And the rain is here!
Thank you Maggie…:-)
You describe it well – such a lush area. Beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it VJ, thank you… 🙂
Nice line about the Great Mandala turning.
I owe my awareness to Peter, Paul, and Mary’s 1967 song, “The Great Mandala”… I love the concept.
“Take your place on The Great Mandala
As it moves through your brief moment of time.
Win or lose now you must choose now
And if you lose you’ve only wasted your life.”
Lovely – and the haiku and prose complement each other more than tangentially and it all gives pleasure
Thank you Christine, I am pleased you enjoyed this poem..”
I like the idea of wiping the slate clean after harvest in preparation for spring renewal. There is a Zen appeal to your poem.
It’s the sacred balance in nature, life, death, renewal…
I think we should wait a bit too… maybe I should hibernate a bit.
The depth of winter is a great time to hibernate Bjorn… 🙂
Oh Rob….I am so glad you posted this one! It is indeed a treat to read….but “treat” is too flippant a word for it. I so enjoyed falling into your description here. “As this season turns, a regenerative calm lies upon this lush land” these words especially resonate with me.
And the ending haiku is pure perfection.
So very well done….I feel I want to pause, slowly have three or four more sips of my coffee….and bask in the calm and beauty of your words here before I move on with my reading.
Just beautiful!
Thank you Lillian! I am pleased this piece resonated for you. Writing about nature is by far my favorite writing. I love the natural world. And Fall into Winter, is by far my favorite period here in the Pacific Northwest, and one of the most powerful and beautiful periods. I find it glorious. The orchards and vineyards are bursting, the fish are lively, the people are springing into a briskness. It is life, bounty, beauty, replenishment of the land, and forests, and waterways. I love it Lillian! 🙂
I love the sense of calm and peace in your words.
Thank you Kerfe! That is what this time of year embodies here in the PacNW.
Very nice!
Thank you Myrna! 🙂
When I first visited Oregon after my daughter moved there, I considered it an Eden. I so stated to the travel agent as I was leaving (in late October). He said “Yes, but now it rains from November to March!” You’ve captured that time of rejuvenation and given it purpose. Well said, my friend!
Thank you Beverly. Once you have lived here, and learned the rhythm of the vast wilderness, the mountains, the wine country, the ocean, the hundreds of waterfalls, the fishing, the hiking, the people — you discover that the replenishment months of November to March encompass their own amazing beauty and vitality. It is in fact these momths that make this an Eden — and not a desert, or s snow covered freezing landscape of leafless grey trees. It is a wonderful period each year here. But like the saying goes, “guess you’d have to be here.” 🙂
Nice line: “fall is on the land”
Thank you Frank.
This is truly beautiful Rob … gives me an insight into why some prefer four seasons … an enforced ‘rest’ period before the planting begins again! A time where nature and people can hibernate 🙂
Thank you Kate. To have fewer that 4 seasons is like having only a partial year. Gaping holes in your reality.
I could feel every word of this write. The pic is so stunning !
Thank you Pratibha, i am very pleased this piece resonated for you so!
I love how you present the repose of winter… it seems so much better now.
Winter is the most important and most amazing time of year. You get winter wrong, and spring and summer are fucked — big time!!
Lovely haibun. It’s a rare treat to read a piece on autumn that makes my ears perk and my senses go ahhh.
Thank you Christine! I am pleased this piece resonated for you… 🙂