
Tuesday Haikus: Trees
To claim ownership of trees, valleys and hills while they live without you. Precious, holy gift Planted deep, watered by time Grows in manure. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Trees
To claim ownership of trees, valleys and hills while they live without you. Precious, holy gift Planted deep, watered by time Grows in manure. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Trees
With sterling silver cocoons of vacuumed freshness blown apart for me (about a bag of potato chips) Colorless to see colorless stuff inside (about a bottle of 7-Up) Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Disposable
Sleep, choke, gasp, repeat for hours, Get up sad. Air enters, stops cold alarms sound upstairs jarring me awake to breathe Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Apnea
Underground a man works while my turd swims by. Golden boys unafraid, build white America. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: America
Yes, I’m gonna cry pain-tears, joy-tears emerging, dancing down my cheek. A son with a beard more salt than pepper, as his boy cries for Daddy. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Midlife
Lights alight ‘fore dawn as night life disappears and day life takes command The dark beams with life while the light assume’s it’s right ’bout evil and good. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Darknesses
Awake now dark, quiet, alone with myself With myself I am not alone. Yes, I am. Yes, I am both proud and humble and a joke. And a joke only lives as long as laughter. As laughter overflows the room, I cower. I cower, red face, hot ear lobes not hearing. Not hearing myself, God or you Anymore Anymore it’s getting harder to pretend. To … Continue reading Haiku Cycling: Awake Now
I’m from there, been there, Seen that, experienced that. How am I still lost? Bald lady singing “Yes, we have no bananas” Staving off cruel death Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Pictures at My Desk
TEXT Luke 2:1-20 In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was … Continue reading Bible Leads: Luke 2:1-20
TEXT John 6:24-35 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because … Continue reading Bible Leads: John 6:24-35