{"id":41694,"date":"2026-09-05T08:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/?p=41694"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:45:27","slug":"hverdagens-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/hverdagens-haiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>Dear friends and acquaintances<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This summer we held our retreats in Mols Bjerge at R\u00f8degaard, which is home to several initiatives around sustainability and surrounded by a permaculture garden that was in full bloom throughout the retreat summer.<\/p>\n<p>As I write this to you, we are wrapping up our annual ten-day retreat at \u00d8ster L\u00f8kke by the North Sea, in a completely different and harsher nature, characterized by wildness and openness. Where the sunflowers grew tall as small trees on Mols, the flowers out here cling to places where they can find nourishment. One of them has taken root in a crack in a rusty tractor trailer.<\/p>\n<p>The two ways of growing have their own poetry for me. Sometimes you can indulge in abundance. Other times you are nourished by barren conditions and frugality.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageGroupBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-41694 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RG-permakulturhave-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Hanneli i R\u00f8degaards permakulturhave\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RG-permakulturhave-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RG-permakulturhave-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RG-permakulturhave-1-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/traktorvogn-vesterhav-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Blomst i traktorvogn ved Vesterhavet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/traktorvogn-vesterhav-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/traktorvogn-vesterhav-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/traktorvogn-vesterhav-1-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And speaking of poetry, with this letter you will receive a new guide in the practice library:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/exercise\/hverdagens-haiku\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everyday haiku.<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Haiku is a Japanese poetic form that captures a moment in just a few words, often based on nature and the things closest to us. In the guided tour, Peter takes us into the poetry of everyday life and shows how a creative glimpse can also become a practice in presence.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Two of my favorite haiku are by the Japanese poet and Zen nun Chiyo-ni:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The first could almost have been written here by the North Sea. It wasn&#039;t \u2013 it was written in Japan in the 18th century:<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>The sky&#039;s lark<br \/>\nwhat do you think<br \/>\nabout the infinite expanse?<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And then this subtle haiku, which perhaps touches on the old Taoist tale about whether you dream that you are a butterfly, or the butterfly dreams that it is you:<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>A floating dandelion seed<br \/>\ndisturbs now and then<br \/>\nthe butterfly&#039;s dream<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Following on from this summer&#039;s intense writing retreat, where we didn&#039;t have room for everyone who applied, we have added an extra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/kursus\/skriveretreat-ved-vesterhavet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing retreat here at \u00d8ster L\u00f8kke on October 5th \u2013 11th.<span class=\"sr-only\">(opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> We still have some vacancies here. A warm welcome.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And with these words and images, we send a late summer greeting here from the North Sea \u2013 with gratitude for both the lushness and the places where small miracles find a way to grow despite resistance.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many warm greetings<br \/>\non behalf of the Kontemplation team,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Hanneli\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear friends and acquaintances This summer we held our retreats in Mols Bjerge at R\u00f8degaard, which is home to several initiatives around sustainability and surrounded by a permaculture garden, which has\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":[],"meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[],"person":[338],"class_list":["post-41694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breve","person-hanneli-aagotsdatter"],"subtitle":"","embedded_audio":"","hasaudio":"0","hide_featured_image_on_post":"0","nobio":"0","infobox":"","quote":"","year_published":"2026","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41694"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41707,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41694\/revisions\/41707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41694"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=41694"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=41694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}