The Flaneur

A haiku

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*Poetry Challenge Day 24: A path of loving expansion**

wandering, pacing being intentionally lost, I found myself

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I’m really enjoying wandering around this poetry challenge and taking quite the winding path. Walking is what I do to get “Unstuck.” I love the concept of a Flaneur, of experiencing and observing “lostness” and in doing so immersing yourself into your surroundings wherever you are at. This simple act of walking and observing always somehow helps me to arrive at a new and expanded experience of self.

Thank you Diana C. for the 30 Day Poetry Prompt in KTHT and thank you Jupiter Grant for the nudge to participate. I encourage any and all fellow poets to embark on this winding path.

Also thank you to Galit Birk, PhD for the prompt in her amazing haiku “Unstuck” in Being Known.

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From Wikipedia and Dictionary.com

flaneur: noun — french term for a person who lounges or strolls around in a seemingly aimless way; and idler or loafer. A person who walks the city in order to experience it. Originally the term was coined by by nineteenth century French poet Charles Baudelaire to identify an observer of modern urban life. It refers to somebody who observes the city or their surroundings and experiences an actual physical stroll but it is also a way of philosophical thinking and a way of seeing and feeling things. Walking for walking sake and not in a hurry to just get from one place to another, but to just experience wandering in the urban cityscape, alleyways and hidden corners and nooks, observing the immediate and also being seen.