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Tag Archives: haiku
Perfect storm
God, singing in the shower, echoing slate grey tesselating clouds.
Origami relationship
If I fold the map just right, you are close enough to hold at arm’s length.
Posted in poetry
Tagged boundaries, emigration, family, haiku, long distance relationships
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Seven years
Seven times seven years married, seven years past; a rose remembers.
From a great height
The green wooded hills appear moss-laden, springy, inviting embrace
Good Friday
This, too, is the day that the Lord has made; shall we, then, be glad in it?
Holy Innocents
The hard historical evidence for the massacre of the innocents of Bethlehem may be sketchy, thank God, yet the meme pervades our culture, from Moses to Jesus; even though we can barely comprehend the idea, we admit it to our … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, poetry
Tagged God, haiku, Herod, Holy Innocents, life, massacre, names
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End of summer
The softest of rain makes nervous puddles shudder; what will fall down next?
Somewhere in Ohio
Vulture-hunched, pecking black blood out of rusty ground; feeding on dead earth.
Trinity
A waltz: one, two, three, one, two, three; or a polka: one, two, three and ( you?)
The next verse
“not to condemn;” the part we too often judge to be forgettable.
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry
Tagged Bible verse, condemn, haiku, John 3:16, John 3:17, judge, poetry, Trinity Sunday B
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