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February 12, 2024, Welcome to Day 20 of Waka Wisdom!
Here is your link to the Day 20 Waka Wisdom webpage.
DAY 20: Your Turn to Create – From Student to Poet
Today you become a waka poet yourself, ready to distill your own feelings, natural environment, and inner world into the elegant 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure that has been shaping Japanese hearts for over a millennium – and after 19 days of absorbing imperial wisdom, you’re perfectly prepared to create poetry that reflects your unique journey of mindfulness, emotional clarity, and spiritual growth.
You’ll discover that writing waka isn’t just artistic expression but a powerful form of meditation that connects you deeper with nature’s beauty and transience, provides a structured outlet for complex emotions, and facilitates profound personal healing as you explore and understand your own inner landscape.
Emperor Meiji’s deeply human poem today offers the perfect launching point for your creative practice: his honest acknowledgment that we tend to fail in perseverance precisely when we need it most gives you permission to write authentically about your own struggles, victories, and the beautifully flawed human heart that beats within us all.
x B
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