Category Archives: haiku

A haiku on Psalm 30:5

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Rosalind C Hughes

Following tracks of rain down to the lake for joy that comes by morning

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Birdsong

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

Birdsong drizzles through evergreens, soaking earth with sweetness and alarm.

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The widow’s might

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

what if the widow’s mite was hope, and she spent all she had to live on

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Betrayal

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

Loose lips sink kisses drunk on Communion wine love’s drowned by desire ______________ Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man.” (Mark 14:44) ______________ Giotto di Bondone, Kiss of Judas [Public … Continue reading →

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The view from the top

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

empty light shuffling shadows fall out unseen if you never look down

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The penitent

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

on her knees scrubbing blood from the pavement beneath the broken icon

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Unseasonable

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

On a bridge, blue hat; on a log, red glove; breaking  winter, discarded 

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Joan

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

She will not lay down ’til besetting rage, undone, stoops to kiss the dead.

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Louisville Seminary

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

sun striking chapel bells call to morning prayer unanswerable

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Security alert

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Rosalind C Hughes

Count seconds between eruptions; dog howl fear strikes: cell phone lightning storm.

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