Zenfolds/Poetry Friday
New Roads (Haiku)
Gentle fog unfolds
Condensation dissipates
Peels back, Unseen road
Jill Dailey, 2026
Happy Poetry Friday:) I’m teaching at an in-person Zentangle Art Retreat (pattern style art) at the end of the month. My project is a bit snowflake like called Zenfolds, an eightfold structure that we draw on with wildflower and ribbon tangle patterns.
Perhaps for that reason, or maybe just because… the word “unfolding” has been floating in my mind’s atmosphere lately. Have you had a word linger, keep tapping you on the shoulder? I do feel an inner change this Autumn, an unfolding, that I’m not sure how to name yet. Perhaps it’s simply called personal growth…
Hope you enjoy the Autumn invitation and Poetry Friday fun hosted by Carol this week @BeyondLiteracyLink.
Love your haiku, especially the title and the “unseen roads.” Your zentangles are amazing and your students are so lucky! Have fun at the retreat!
Thank you, Mona. I’m looking forward to teaching:) It’s always fun to do an in-person retreat and see where the art and creativity takes everyone!
It was foggy here this morning, so your poem seems like it was written just for me!
Your zentangles look like so much fun!
Mary Lee, appreciate knowing the poem fit with your morning. Love how things like that happen, when a poem feels just right for us:) Yes, the zentangle process is so fun and really unique to the individual. We all use the same patterns, but each piece reflects the maker:)
How beautiful! And, how perfectly the word “unfold” fits into your haiku. Love it!
Thank you, Linda:) Hope your school year is going well!
These are beautiful, Jill, and “unfolds” such a rich word! Best wishes for your retreat! :0)
Thank you, Robyn:)
I like the image of fog unfolding. Autumn is sort of the season of unfolding, isn’t it? Everything being peeled back.
Love the Zenfolds!
Karen, yes Autumn does unfold for us:) Starting to feel the cool New England air and only a speck of color here and there. Hope your fall is off to a good start!